---
name: "horizon-pool"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "horizon-eda"
version: "0.20181108-1+b1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/horizon-pool"
---

# horizon-pool(1)

Creates and edits items in the horizon EDA pool

## NAME

horizon-pool - Creates and edits items in the horizon EDA pool

## SYNOPSIS

horizon-pool create-unit *\<unit file\>* \|  edit-unit *\<unit file\>* \|  create-symbol *\<symbol file\> \<unit file\>* \| create-entity *\<entity file\> \[ \<unit file\> ...* \] \| edit-entity *\<entity file\>* \| create-package *\<package file\>* \| create-padstack *\<padstack file\>* \| update\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the **horizon-pool** command.

**horizon-pool** can be used to create and edit items in the pool.

Most of the -edit and -create commands will spawn $EDITOR with the file to be edited serialized as YAML.

Remember to run horizon-pool update after creating things

## OPTIONS

Details of options are included below.

- **create-unit *\<unit file\>***

  - **edit-unit *\<unit file\>***

  - **create-symbol *\<symbol file\> \<unit file\>***

  - **create-entity *\<entity file\> \[ \<unit file\> ...* \]**

  - **edit-entity *\<entity file\>***

  - **create-package *\<package file\>***

  - **create-padstack *\<padstack file\>***

  - **update**

  ## USAGE

There is normally no need to run this command directly, as the **horizon-pool-mgr** interface will do these tasks.

## ENVIRONMENT

This command requires the environment variable HORIZON\_POOL to point to the pool's directory (the one with the pool.json and pool.db in it)