About This Manual

This publication documents the ProDev WorkShop Debugger, released with the ProDev WorkShop tools running on IRIX systems.

The WorkShop Debugger is a source-level debugging tool that allows you to see program data, monitor program execution, and fix code for Ada (1.4.2 and older versions), C, C++, Fortran 77, and Fortran 90 programs.

This manual is part of a two-document set that describes the Debugger. This book serves as a reference guide to the Debugger features and the Debugger command line options. The other book in the set, the ProDev WorkShop: Debugger User's Guide contains user tutorials and other information about using the Debugger. All SGI documentation is available online at the following URL:

http://docs.sgi.com

This book contains the following chapters:

Related Publications

The following documents contain additional information that may be helpful:

  • C Language Reference Manual

  • C++ Programmer's Guide

  • MIPSpro C and C++ Pragmas

  • ProDev Workshop: Performance Analyzer User's Guide

  • ProDev WorkShop: Debugger User's Guide

  • ProDev WorkShop: Overview

  • ProDev Workshop: Static Analyzer User's Guide

  • MIPSpro Fortran 77 Language Reference Manual

  • MIPSpro Fortran 77 Programmer's Guide

  • MIPSpro Fortran Language Reference Manual, Volume 1

  • MIPSpro Fortran Language Reference Manual, Volume 2

  • MIPSpro Fortran Language Reference Manual, Volume 3

  • MIPSpro Fortran 90 Commands and Directives Reference Manual

  • dbx User's Guide

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Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout this document:

Convention 

Meaning

command 

This fixed-space font denotes literal items such as commands, files, routines, path names, signals, messages, and programming language structures.

manpage(x) 

Man page section identifiers appear in parentheses after man page names.

variable 

Italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts being defined.

user input 

This bold, fixed-space font denotes literal items that the user enters in interactive sessions. (Output is shown in nonbold, fixed-space font.)

[ ] 

Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line.

... 

Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated.

GUI 

This font denotes the names of graphical user interface (GUI) elements such as windows, screens, dialog boxes, menus, toolbars, icons, buttons, boxes, fields, and lists.

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