dbXtra and dbxtra

• ``Invoking dbXtra and dbxtra from the command line''

• ``The dbXtra interface''

• ``The dbxtra interface''

• ``dbxtra tutorial session''

• ``dbXtra and dbxtra commands''

• ``C++ specific debugging features''

• ``Debugging child processes''

• ``Attaching to a running process''

dbXtra and dbxtra provide both Motif and curses based interfaces to a machine- and source-level debugger for C and assembly language programs. The functionality is a superset of the dbx(CP) debugger available with many UNIX systems.

Features

Features include source code presentation through windows as well as:

• C and C++ compatibility

• COFF and ELF object file compatibility

• conditional breakpointing and symbolic variable tracing

• keyboard configuration enabling debugger commands to be issued with a single keystroke

• symbolic access to all active functions and variables

• online cross-referencing capabilities

• program input and output redirection to a different screen or terminal

• simultaneous user interaction and examination of source code, variable values, and program output