HP-UX Programming Tools Release Notes

4 Chapter1
New and Changed Features
HP Distributed Debugging Environment (HP DDE) 4.23
The default behavior of DDE in line mode is to follow the link (property
follow -link). This displays the true source path instead of the
symbolic link.
The syntax for showing the symbolic link instead of the true source path
is as follows:
property follow -nolink
For example, given a source file named helloworld.cpp with the following
symbolic link:
$ ll helloworld.cpp
lrwxrwxr-x 1 1 user1 grp1 21 Apr 15 2000
helloworld.cpp -> subdir/helloworld.cpp
by default, DDE in line mode displays the source path as:
Source File: /tmp/user1/subdir/helloworld.cpp
If property follow -nolink is specified, DDE displays the source path
as:
Source File: /tmp/user1/helloworld.cpp
You can show the setting of the follow -link/nolink option with the
command list property follow.
The default behavior of DDE in GUI mode has been changed to follow the
symbolic links when displaying the source path
(property follow -link). To change this to the previous behavior:
• Create the .softbench directory in your home directory if none
exists.
• Inside the .softbench directory create a file called wusr.conf if
none exists.
• In the wusr.conf file you can add and update as follows.
— IGNORE_SYMLINKS=1
The DDE GUI will then display the symbolic link instead of the
true source path.