debugger

[Eric Walker]

Hello all,
When using the perl debugger, is there a way to load in the breakpoints
and watch variables that I want from a file. I am using it now and as I
am debugging I am finding problems but when I start the program over I
have to re-enter all my breakpoints and watch variables again. Can these
be listed in a file and then read by the debugger to ease the amount of
things to enter?

Thanks
Perlknucklehead

[Peter Scott]

In article <1071850572.1651.3.camel@ewalker-lnx>,
[email]ewalker@micron.com[/email] (Eric Walker) writes:

>Hello all,
>When using the perl debugger, is there a way to load in the breakpoints
>and watch variables that I want from a file. I am using it now and as I
>am debugging I am finding problems but when I start the program over I
>have to re-enter all my breakpoints and watch variables again. Can these
>be listed in a file and then read by the debugger to ease the amount of
>things to enter?

This is why I added the 'source' command to the debugger in 5.8. You
can put debugger commands for setting breakpoints or doing anything
else you like in a file and execute it whenever you like. Just list
the breakpoints and watchpoints and turn them into the appropriate
commands (a simple script will automate that if you need).

--
Peter Scott
[url]http://www.perldebugged.com/[/url]
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[Jeff Westman]

zentara <zentara@highstream.net> wrote:

> On 19 Dec 2003 09:16:10 -0700, [email]ewalker@micron.com[/email] (Eric Walker) wrote:
>

> >Hello all,
> >When using the perl debugger, is there a way to load in the breakpoints
> >and watch variables that I want from a file. I am using it now and as I
> >am debugging I am finding problems but when I start the program over I
> >have to re-enter all my breakpoints and watch variables again. Can these
> >be listed in a file and then read by the debugger to ease the amount of
> >things to enter?

>
> I know you are asking about the perl debugger, but the Tk version
> ptkdb has menu item for "saving settings" for the script, which save
> all breakpoints and watched variables.

The GUI/Tk interface is superb .... check it out.

If you don't have access to that (or can't install it like I can't [yes, even
in my own HOME directory]), you can always save your breakpoints and watches
to a plain text file, such as

b 84
b 192
W $line
W %custRec

then just use good ol' fashioned cut/paste once you enter the line mode of the
debugger....

-Jeff


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