.. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2003-2026 Wilson Snyder
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0

.. _examples in the distribution:

Examples in the Distribution
============================

See the ``examples/`` directory that is part of the distribution, and is
installed (in an OS-specific place, often in e.g.
``/usr/local/share/verilator/examples``). These examples include:

examples/make_hello_binary
   Example GNU-make simple Verilog->binary conversion

examples/make_hello_c
   Example GNU-make simple Verilog->C++ conversion

examples/make_hello_sc
   Example GNU-make simple Verilog->SystemC conversion

examples/make_tracing_c
   Example GNU-make Verilog->C++ with tracing

examples/make_tracing_sc
   Example GNU-make Verilog->SystemC with tracing

examples/make_protect_lib
   Example using --protect-lib

examples/cmake_hello_c
   Example building make_hello_c with CMake

examples/cmake_hello_sc
   Example building make_hello_sc with CMake

examples/cmake_tracing_c
   Example building make_tracing_c with CMake

examples/cmake_tracing_sc
   Example building make_tracing_sc with CMake

examples/cmake_protect_lib
   Example building make_protect_lib with CMake

To run an example copy the example to a new directory and run it.

.. code-block:: bash

   cp -rp {path_to}/examples/make_hello_c make_hello_c
   cd make_hello_c
   make
