---
name: "MBK_CATAL_NAME"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "alliance"
version: "5.1.1-3"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/MBK_CATAL_NAME"
---

# MBK\_CATAL\_NAME(1)

define the mbk catalog file

## NAME

MBK\_CATAL\_NAME - define the mbk catalog file

## SYNOPSYS

```
c-shell running
setenv MBK_CATAL_NAME file
```

## DESCRIPTION

**MBK\_CATAL\_NAME** sets the name of the catalog file, that contains information about the cells of a design. The catalog file syntax is a cellname,  plus a flag. The cellname may appear many times with a different flag.

- Three flags are available:

    C : tells the flatten functions to stop a this level.\
  \
     G : informs the user that this is a phantom cell.\
  \
     F : says that this is a feed through.\
   The seaching mecanism first look in [**MBK\_WORK\_LIB**(1)](/MBK_WORK_LIB/1.md), and then in [**MBK\_CATA\_LIB**(1)](/MBK_CATA_LIB/1.md). So it is recommended to have a catalog file in the [**MBK\_WORK\_LIB**(1)](/MBK_WORK_LIB/1.md).\

## EXAMPLE

```
	setenv MBK_CATAL_NAME catalog
```

## SEE ALSO

**mbk**(5), [**genlib**(1)](/genlib/1.md).