Debugging with GDB Manual (5900-1473; WDB 6.2; January 2011)

• “Breakpoint creation commands”
• “Breakpoint status commands”
• “All-procedures breakpoint commands”
• “Global breakpoint commands”
• “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 HP WDB commands for invoking the
terminal user interface:
Table 3 Invocation commands
MeaningHP WDB EquivalentXDB Command
Debug programgdb -xdb program, gdb -xdb
-tui program
xdb program
Debug core filegdb -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 HP WDB by using the -tui or -xdb or both options.
16.1 By-function lists of XDB commands and HP WDB equivalents 257