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

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Specifying Pathnames in Native Inspect Commands
Certain Native Inspect commands require you to specify either an OSS pathname or Guardian
file name. Here are the rules Native Inspect follows for resolving pathnames and determining the
current working directory.
Resolving Pathnames
If you specify an OSS or Guardian absolute pathname, that pathname is used regardless of whether
the current working directory is an OSS or a Guardian working directory.
If you specify an OSS or Guardian relative pathname, it is resolved to an absolute pathname
according to the current working directory. Thus, if the current working directory is an OSS absolute
pathname, Native Inspect resolves the relative pathname to an OSS absolute pathname. Likewise,
if the current working directory is a Guardian absolute pathname, Native Inspect resolves the
relative pathname to a Guardian absolute pathname.
Identifying the Default Current Working Directory
The default current working directory is as follows:
• When you start Native Inspect from either the OSS environment (by using the
gtacl -p eInspect command) or from the Guardian environment (by using the eInspect
command at the TACL prompt), the current working directory has the Guardian format.
• When a process is placed under Native Inspect control, the current working directory has the
OSS format for an OSS process, and the Guardian format for a Guardian process. In normal
operations, a process is placed under Native Inspect control when:
◦ You enter a RUND or RUNV command from the Guardian TACL prompt
◦ You enter a run -debug command from the OSS shell.
◦ You enter an attach command from the Native Inspect command prompt. See attach
Command (page 66).
◦ The process calls the DEBUG() procedure.
• Opening a snapshot file has no affect on the current working directory, regardless of whether
the process in the snapshot file is an OSS process or a Guardian process.
• Commands displaying output containing pathnames are not affect by the current working
directory. These commands always display the format returned by the particular command.
• You can switch the current working directory from OSS format to Guardian format, and vice
versa, by using the cd Command.
# (comment) Command
An alias for the comment (#) Command, used to embed a comment in a Native Inspect command
line.
a (an) Command
A Debug-compatible Tcl command that displays memory in ASCII format.
a native-address [count]
Where:
64 Native Inspect Command Syntax