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Old 10-02-2011
Thanks, that helped me figure it out pretty quickly!
 

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DELLOFIG(3)						      MBK PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS						       DELLOFIG(3)

NAME
dellofig - delete and free a logical figure ORIGIN
This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris, France. Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/ E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr SYNOPSYS
#include "mlo.h" int dellofig(figname) char *figname; PARAMETER
figname Name of the figure to be deleted DESCRIPTION
dellofig deletes the figure called figname from the list of logical figure in memory. All the lists of elements belonging to the figure are also deleted and freed. RETURN VALUE
dellofig returns 1 if the figure was delete, and 0 if no figure called figname was present in memory. EXAMPLE
#include "mlo.h" void delete_na2_y() { if (dellofig("na2_y")) (void)fputs("deleted na2_y successfully", stdout); else (void)fputs("na2_y not present in ram !", stdout); } SEE ALSO
mbk(1), lofig(3), addlofig(3), getlofig(3), loadlofig(3), savelofig(3), flattenlofig(3), rflattenlofig(3). BUG REPORT
This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory. We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools. ASIM
/LIP6 October 1, 1997 DELLOFIG(3)
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