Remotely use modelsim.

remote_modelsim.sh

#!/bin/sh

#configuration
REMOTE_USER=john.doe
REMOTE_HOST=122.22.22.221
REMOTE_HOME='/home/john.doe'
REMOTE_MODELSIM_DIR='/opt/altera/10.0/modelsim_ase/bin'

COMMAND=`basename $0`
# calculate the arguments, with proper quotes around each argument
for ARG in "$@"
do
        ARGS="$ARGS \"$ARG\""
done

# Calculate a directory on the remote build server, where we can put our data
HASH=$(echo ${PWD} ${HOSTNAME} ${USER} | shasum | cut -c1-32)
REMOTE_DIR=${REMOTE_HOME}/remote_compilation/${HASH}

# sync the project directory. You don't need this if you are using a network shared folder.
function try_rsync(){
    rsync -r ${PWD}/* ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST}:${REMOTE_DIR}
}
function createRemoteDir(){
    echo "rsync failed, probably because the remote directory $REMOTE_DIR did not exits. Retrying." >&2
    ssh ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST} "mkdir -p ${REMOTE_DIR}"
}
try_rsync || ( createRemoteDir && try_rsync ) || exit -1
# end sync

REMOTE_SCRIPT=\
"cd ${REMOTE_DIR}; "\
"MODELSIM_DIR=/opt/altera/10.0/modelsim_ase/bin ; "\
"/opt/altera/10.0/modelsim_ase/bin/$COMMAND $ARGS"

# echo "# Running remote command $REMOTE_SCRIPT"
ssh ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST}  $REMOTE_SCRIPT