System Debug Reference Manual (32650-90888)

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System Debug Command Specifications :-Exit
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DAT only
The following DAT commands cannot be used in Debug:
CLOSEDUMP Closes a dump file
DEBUG Enters Debug; used to debug DAT
DPIB Displays a portion of the Process Information Block
DPTREE Displays the process tree
DUMPINFO Displays dump file information
GETDUMP Reads in a dump tape to create a dump file
OPENDUMP Opens a dump file
PURGEDUMP Purges a dump file
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The CI command - Access to the MPE/iX command interpreter (CI).
Syntax
: [ command ]
The HPCICOMMAND intrinsic is used to access the MPE/iX command interpreter (CI).
Parameters
command The command to execute via the CI. If no command is given, a new version
(new process) of the CI is created.
Examples
$nmdebug > :showtime
WED, JAN 8, 1986, 1:32 PM
The above is typical use of the CI command.
$nmdebug > :file t;dev=tape
See the note below.
Limitations, Restrictions
Semicolons normally separate commands for System Debug. When the ":" command is
entered at the System Debug prompt, however, the entire user command line is passed to
the CI. One exception is within macro bodies, where the command line is split at the
semicolons.