debug Command

Related Topics:

prog Command

The debug command lists or changes the program being debugged.

Syntax

debug	Print the name and arguments of the program being debugged.
debug program	Begin debugging program with no process or core.
debug -c core program	Begin debugging program with core file core.
debug -p pid program	Begin debugging program with process ID core.
debug program core	Begin debugging program with core file core. program may be -. dbx will attempt to extract the name of the executable from the core file. For details, see Core File Debugging with dbx.
debug program pid	Begin debugging program with process ID pid. program may be -; dbx finds it using /proc
debug -f ...	Force loading of a core file, even if it doesn't match.
debug -r ...	The -r option causes dbx to retain all display, trace, when, and stop commands. With no -r option, an implicit delete all and undisplay 0 are performed.
debug -clone ...	The -clone option causes another dbx process to begin execution, permitting debugging of more than one process at a time. Valid only if running under Sun WorkShopTM Debugging.
debug -clone	Starts another dbx process debugging nothing. Valid only if running under Sun WorkShop Debugging.
debug [options] -- program	Start debugging program, even if program begins with a dash.

where:

core is the name of a core file.

options are

pid is the process ID of a running process.

program is the path name of the program.

Leaks checking and access checking are turned off when a program is loaded with the debug command. You can enable them with the check command.