Native Inspect Manual (H06.13+, J06.03+)

This is preferred debugger on TNS/E systems.

Origins of Native Inspect

The first release of the Native Inspect application was based on the Free Software Foundation GDB

(Gnu) debugger (version 4.16). In H06.13, the Native Inspect application was derived from WDB

(Wildebeest) command-line debugger (version 5.5) and from Tool Command Language (Tcl) version

8.0.4. This release of the Native Inspect application is derived from GDB version 6.8 and Tcl

version 8.5. It continues to have the features that were leveraged from WDB version 5.5. Information

about redirected and aliased WDB commands is provided in Appendix B (page 139).

GDB Industry Standard, Open Source Debugger

The GDB debugger supports many platforms and is an industry-standard debugger. Like both GDB

and WDB, Native Inspect is open source, and much of the functionality of Native Inspect is the

same as that of GDB and WDB.

If you are familiar with GDB or WDB, you should find that Native Inspect is similar in many ways.

Documentation available for GDB or WDB might yield information that also applies to Native

Inspect.

Additional NonStop Extensions

Native Inspect includes many functions specific to NonStop systems, such as support for HP NonStop

operating system extensions to the symbol table format, multiprocess debugging support, COBOL

support, and support for EDIT files and memory access breakpoints or MABs.

Relationship to the Inspect Subsystem

Native Inspect originated in the UNIX environment and is therefore not part of the Inspect subsystem.

However, both Inspect and Visual Inspect are part of the Inspect subsystem.

Documentation for Native Inspect

The following documentation is relevant when using Native Inspect:

• Native Inspect-Specific:

Native Inspect Manual (this manual).◦

◦ Native Inspect Quick Reference Card.

◦ Native Inspect online help, using the help command, or the help option. (See the help

Command, help Option (page 83).)

• Related Documents:

Hewlett-Packard home page for WDB:

http://www.hp.com/go/WDB

◦

◦ The user manual for GDB, titled Debugging with GDB by Richard M. Stallman and Roland

H. Pesch. This document is freely available in various formats on the World-Wide Web.

Use your preferred search engine to locate a copy by searching on the title.

◦ Current GDB documentation:

http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/

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