fp2subc(1)

💖 fp2subc — the pcb-rnd manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so real talk, this is fp2subc(1) from the pcb-rnd manual, and it is literally the glow-up machine for your crusty old footprints. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

fp2subc — convert any footprint into a pcb-rnd subcircuit 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fp2subc [options] infile [outfile]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so basically, fp2subc runs pcb-rnd in batch mode to load up a footprint (and yes bestie, that's typically one that's been living in some alien format 😭) and then save it right back out as a native pcb-rnd subcircuit. iconic behavior, no cap.

it is highkey useful for mass-converting old footprint libraries — like, the whole dusty archive, all at once. ate. 🔥

if you don't hand over an outfile, its name gets guessed from infile. the script just figures it out for you, periodt.

💖 OPTIONS 💖

• --lib — infile is not a path, bestie, it's a footprint name that should be searched for in the library 🔍
• -l — same as --lib (just shorter, we love efficiency)
• --pcb-rnd exepath — run exepath to invoke pcb-rnd. the default is "pcb-rnd", which means it depends on $PATH 👑
• -p exepath — same as --pcb-rnd
• --debugger exepath — inserts exepath before pcb-rnd on the command line. super useful for running the process in something like valgrind 🧚
• -d exepath — same as --debugger
• -c key=val — passes on a -c key=val CLI config setting to pcb-rnd. lowkey the move for setting up library paths 📚

ngl, if you're doing the mass-conversion thing, the -c flag is your bestie. library paths do not set themselves. 🙈

okay that's the whole page, you're fully caught up, go convert something 🫶

this little number came from the pcb-rnd manual and it's dated 2018-04-08 — yeah she's vintage, but she still slays. bye bestie, mwah 💜