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

# alcbanner(1)

Display a standardized banner for Alliance tools

## NAME

**alcbanner** - Display a standardized banner for Alliance tools

## SYNOPSIS

- ***alcbanner*** *tool toolversion purpose copyrightdates*

  ## DESCRIPTION

***alcbanner*** display on ***stdout*** a standardized banner for the Alliance tools. This is a compiled version of the ***alliancebanner***(2) function.

## EXAMPLE

***alcbanner GenPat 3.1 "Procedural GENeration of test PATterns" 1991***

will display :

```
             @@@@ @                        @@@@@@@
           @@    @@                          @@   @@               @
          @@      @                          @@    @@             @@
         @@             @@@@@   @@@ @@@      @@    @@   @@@@      @@
         @@            @     @   @@@   @     @@   @@   @@   @   @@@@@@@@
         @@     @@@@@ @@     @@  @@    @@    @@@@@     @@   @@    @@
         @@     @ @@  @@@@@@@@@  @@    @@    @@          @@@@@    @@
         @@    @  @@  @@         @@    @@    @@        @@   @@    @@
          @@      @@  @@      @  @@    @@    @@       @@    @@    @@
           @@    @@    @@    @@  @@    @@    @@       @@   @@@    @@   @
             @@@@        @@@@   @@@@  @@@@ @@@@@@      @@@@  @@    @@@@
                     Procedural GENeration of test PATterns
                  Alliance CAD System 3.2b,          genpat 3.1
                  Copyright (c) 1991-1997,       ASIM/LIP6/UPMC
                  E-mail        : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr
```

## SEE ALSO

**mbk(1)** [**alliancebanner**(3)](/alliancebanner/3.md).

## DIAGNOSTICS

The output is centered for a 80 columns screen, so it can be used on most display easilly, and not found at execution time.

***alliancebanner: Error: Resulting size bigger than 80 columns not allowed***

The *tool* argument must be such that its resulting size isn't wider that 80 culumns. This means, since the character set is proportional, that the longest name to be output is about 8 characters long.

***alliancebanner: Error: Character out of \[0-9A-Za-z\] range***

The *tool* parameter has a non allowed character in it. For simplicity purposes, only numbers and letters are accepted.