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NAME

       pads_backannotate - backannotates changes from a PADS engineering change order (ECO) file to schematic

SYNOPSIS

       pads_backannotate -h|--help

       pads_backannotate -V|--version

       pads_backannotate [options] ecofile.eco infile1.sch [infile2.sch ...]

DESCRIPTION

       The  pads_backannotate program reads an engineering change order (ECO) file generated by the PADS program
       and backannotates the requested changes to a gschem schematic or schematics.  Refer to  the  PADS  manual
       for a complete description of the ECO file format.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              prints help message and exits

       -n, --nocopy
              Leave the modified schematic files in new files whose names are generated by appending .new to the
              original file names.  The default is to overwrite the original.

       -v, --verbose
              operate verbosely

       -V, --version
              prints version information and exits

EXIT STATUS

       pads_backannotate will return 0 if all files processed successfully, non-zero  if  the  command  did  not
       complete successfully.

BUGS

       Rather  than  parsing and processing schematic files directly, this utility should be rewritten using the
       gEDA scheme API.  This would take advantage of the existing parsers for the schematic files.

       Reference designator renaming is fully supported.  Pin and gate swapping is parsed but not  automatically
       applied  to  the  schematic database.  Instead, a report listing the manual pin and gate swapping that is
       required.  The other features of the ECO file are not supported yet.

SEE ALSO

       gnetlist(1), gschem(1)

       Also refer to "Forward/Backward Annotation Between gEDA/gaf and PADS PowerPCB"  which  may  be  found  at
       http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:fbabgapp