title: Getting status from Modelsim
body: <p>I am running Modelsim by command line:</p>
  
  <pre><code>catch { exec vsim -c -do run.do } rcode
  </code></pre>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>Some simulations are taking pretty long. How can I get status information, i.e. every 10 minutes? </p></li>
  <li><p>I have seen many examples like: </p>
  
  <pre><code>vsim -c test_bench -do "run -all"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I suppose all necessary files need to be compiled before this command, like </p>
  
  <pre><code>vcom -quiet -93 -work work name.vhd
  vcom -quiet -93 -work work name2.vhd
  ...
  vsim -c test_bench -do "run -all"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is this correct?</p></li>
  </ol>