HP gnu source-level debugger 5992-4701 manual Invocation commands, Window mode commands

•“Assertion control commands”

•“Record and playback commands”

•“Macro facility commands”

•“Signal control commands”

•“Miscellaneous commands”

16.1.1Invocation commands

By default, HP WDB runs in line mode. To run it with a terminal user interface similar to that of XDB, use the -tuioption.

The following table lists the XDB and the equivalent WDB commands for invoking the terminal user interface:

Table 16-1 Invocation commands

XDB Command	WDB Equivalent	Meaning
xdb program	gdb -xdb program, gdb -xdb	Debug program
	-tuiprogram
xdb program corefile	gdb -xdbprogram -c	Debug core file
	corefile
xdb -d dir	gdb -xdb -d dir	Specify alternate directory to
		search for source files
xdb -Ppid program	gdb -xdbprogram pid	Attach to running pro- gram at
		invocation
xdb -i	(after starting) run < file	Specify input to target program
xdb -o	(after starting) run > file	Specify output from target
		program

16.1.2 Window mode commands

The following commands are TUI mode or XDB compatibility mode commands. They are available when you invoke WDB by using the -tuior -xdbor both options.

Table 16-2 Window mode commands

XDB Command	WDB Equivalent	Meaning
{+ -}r	{+ -}r (with -xdb	Scroll floating-point registers
	-tui), {+ -} data (with	forward or backward (src, cmd,
	-tui), gdb -xdb -tui	and asm are also valid window
	program	names)
fr	fr (with -xdb -tui),	Display floating-point registers
	display $fregs (with
	-tui)

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