OpenOCD - Can't find target/swj-dp.tcl

Question

I have troubles to use OpenOCD. For some reasons OpenOCD can't find swj-dp.tcl but the file is existing in C:\OpenOCD\share\openocd\scripts\target.

Open On-Chip Debugger 0.9.0 (2015-08-15-12:41)
Licensed under GNU GPL v2
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C:\OpenOCD\share\openocd\scripts\target\stm32f1x.cfg:6: Error: Can't find target/swj-dp.tcl
in procedure 'script' 
at file "embedded:startup.tcl", line 60
at file "C:\OpenOCD\share\openocd\scripts\target\stm32f1x.cfg", line 6

Error Message

Do you have any idea or advice for me? Thank you

include error message in text :) – Rafaf Tahsin Sep 08 '16 at 08:31 — Rafaf Tahsin, Sep 08 '16 at 08:31

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '16 at 11:52

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The problem arises from the fact that openocd configuration files are TCL scripts which include other scripts. And those included scripts are searched for only in provided search directories (IIRC, by default only current directory). So you need to provide additional search directories:

openocd -s C:\OpenOCD\share\openocd\scripts -f ...

answered Sep 08 '16 at 11:52

Kirill Dmitrenko

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I have the same problem as the OP and it persists even when using the -s flag and the correct path to the scripts folder. Is there anything else I can try? – Simon Carlson Oct 10 '17 at 18:23
@SimonCarlson Can you port your error message somewhere? – Kirill Dmitrenko Oct 10 '17 at 18:25
I posted a question here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46673651/cannot-find-script-files-with-openocd – Simon Carlson Oct 10 '17 at 18:36

OpenOCD - Can't find target/swj-dp.tcl

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