Using VITO


VITO uses a command line interface developed for a UNIX/Linux/Cygwin environment. The calling syntax is:

      vito [-d] [-t] [-v] [-o file] [file ...]
Items in [] are optional. VITO reads each file in sequence and converts any implicit style always blocks into one-hot style structural code. If no input file is given, vito reads from the standard input file. If the -o option is not used, output is sent to standard output. Thus, vito can be used as a filter.

The following options are supported. They may occur in any order but multiple options may not be specified after a single '-'.

-d
Outputs the four intermediate files used by vito into named files. Names are as determined by .vitorc in the UNIX version or in vito.rc in the DOS version. This information can be useful in debugging the VITO processor and gives insight into how vito works.
-t
Appends the comefrom table to VITO's output. This can be useful for debugging.
-v
Puts vito into verbose mode. The version of vito and summary results from each pass are displayed. This information is output to the standard error output.
-o file
Directs the output of vito to the named file rather than the standard output file.
VITO returns the exit value 0 if all input files were successfully converted; otherwise, it returns a non-zero value.