User`s guide

Conventions Used in This Guide
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Silicon Graphics offers software options to assist in software development.
TheCASEVision/Workshop option provides the WorkShop toolset: Debugger,
Static Analyzer, Performance Analyzer, Tester, and Build Manager.
You can order a printed manual from Silicon Graphics by calling SGI Direct
at 1-800-800-SGI1 (800-7441). Outside the U.S. and Canada, contact your
local sales office or distributor.
Silicon Graphics also provides manuals online. To read an online manual
after installing it, type insight or double-click the InSight icon. It’s easy to
print sections and chapters of the online manuals from InSight.
Conventions Used in This Guide
The conventions used in this manual help make information easy to access
and understand. The following list describes the conventions and how they
are used:
• Command names, including dbx commands, appear in italics. For
example:
The edit command lets you edit files from within dbx.
• Examples, shell prompts, and information displayed on the screen
appear in a typewriter font. For example:
Process 946: [6] trace count in main
• Examples of what you enter are in boldface typewriter font. This
example illustrates entering edit soar.c in response to a (dbx)
prompt:
(dbx) edit soar.c
• Command arguments you replace with actual values appear in italics.
In this example, you replace name with the name of an alias:
alias name
• Optional arguments are enclosed in square brackets ([ ... ]). In the
following example, you can provide one or more directory names as
arguments to the command:
use [ dir ... ]