The cp_init.sh script is used to setup a build environment from scratch. It downloads the public CMSIS-Pack index file and stores this catalog file in the pack directory under ./Web. This file is used by cbuildgen to find the latest version of the public software packs.

Invocation

It is called from the Bash command line with the following syntax:

cp_init.sh [<pack-directory>]

Where:

cp_init.sh is the name of the script.

<pack-directory> specifies the directory where software packs should be stored. If not specified, the $CMSIS_PACK_ROOT directory is used.

Usage Example

$ cp_init.sh ./packrepo
(cp_init.sh): Setup Pack Directory 0.10.0 (C) 2020 ARM
info: reading directory: ./packrepo
downloading package index file from
######################################################################## 100.0%
pack repository created successfully
Please setup environment variable CMSIS_PACK_ROOT to:
/c/cbuild/packrepo

Error Messages

Type	Message	Action
ERROR	error: no argument passed and CMSIS_PACK_ROOT environment variable not set	See usage and correct the argument.
ERROR	error: more than one command line argument passed	See usage and correct the argument.
ERROR	error: directory already exists. Cannot create new pack repository	See usage and correct the argument.
ERROR	error: index.pidx download failed	Check internet connection and server availability.
ERROR	error: downloaded file is not an xml file	Check downloaded file.
INFO	info: no argument passed - using CMSIS_PACK_ROOT environment variable	For information only.
INFO	pack repository created successfully	For information only.