• “Assertion control commands”
• “Record and playback commands”
• “Macro facility commands”
• “Signal control commands”
• “Miscellaneous commands”
16.1.1 Invocation commands
By default, HP WDB runs in line mode. To run it with a terminal user interface similar
to that of XDB, use the -tui option.
The following table lists the XDB and the equivalent WDB commands for invoking the
terminal user interface:
Table 16-1 Invocation commands
MeaningWDB EquivalentXDB Command
Debug program
gdb -xdb program, gdb -xdb
-tui program
xdb program
Debug core file
gdb -xdb program -c
corefile
xdb program corefile
Specify alternate directory to
search for source files
gdb -xdb -d dirxdb -d dir
Attach to running pro- gram at
invocation
gdb -xdb program pidxdb -P pid program
Specify input to target program
(after starting) run < filexdb -i
Specify output from target
program
(after starting) run > filexdb -o
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 -tui or -xdb or both options.
Table 16-2 Window mode commands
MeaningWDB EquivalentXDB Command
Scroll floating-point registers
forward or backward (src, cmd,
and asm are also valid window
names)
{+ | -}r (with -xdb
-tui), {+ | -} data (with
-tui), gdb -xdb -tui
program
{+ | -}r
Display floating-point registers
fr (with -xdb -tui),
display $fregs (with
-tui)
fr
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