You can not understand anything at all.
Understand where is your home directory for linux.
Cadence ADE see ".artist_states" which is located under $HOME for your current setting.
Surely see
https://www.edaboard.com/threads/364523/#16
If you would like to use ".artist_states" where is located other place, you have to set location for it.
Enter following in CIW or add following to last of ".cdsinit".
Code:
envSetVal("asimenv" "saveDir" 'string "/aho/boke/.artist_states")
Analysis States are loaded from there.
Also Analysis States are stored there.
You can not set different place for read and write.
So if you set university_lab_state_place, states are also written there.