Altera Quartus II Scripting - Manual (Page 118)

2–92 Chapter 2: Command-line Executables
Common Options
Quartus II Scripting Reference Manual © July 2013 Altera Corporation
Common Options
All command-line executables support the following options:
Option Page
-f=................................................................................................................................. 2–92
-h............................................................................................................................................................... 2–92
-v ............................................................................................................................................................... 2–92
--64bit ....................................................................................................................................................... 2–92
--help[=] ....................................................................................................................... 2–93
--lower_priority ...................................................................................................................................... 2–93
--version................................................................................................................................................... 2–93
All command-line executables include help on the following topics:
Help Topic Page
arguments ............................................................................................................................................... 2–93
makefiles.................................................................................................................................................. 2–93
return_codes ........................................................................................................................................... 2–95
-f=
Option to specify a file containing additional command-line arguments. The arguments are processed as if
they were specified in place of this option. Therefore, arguments after this option may conflict or override
options specified in the argument file.
-h
Option to display help for an executable, including version, usage, description, option list, and help topics
list.
-v
Refer to the help for --version on page 2–93
--64bit
Option to enable the 64-bit version of the executable.
This option is only applicable for the Linux platform. Executables that do not support this option give an
error.
Using 64-bit versions of Quartus II executables allows you to access more than 4 GB of memory per
process and facilitating designs that require large amounts of memory to compile.
However, compiling designs with 64-bit versions of Quartus II executables can require 50-100% more
memory than the same design compiled with 32-bit versions. For example, if your design requires more
than 3 GB of memory with the 32-bit version, you should have at least 6 GB of memory installed for a
64-bit compilation.