Inspect Manual

Debugging Processes and Save Files
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The Debugging Attributes of a Process
If the Inspect attribute of any of these is ON, then the system software sets the
process's INSPECT attribute to ON. If the SAVEABEND attribute of any of these is ON,
then the system sets the process's SAVEABEND attribute to ON.
Figure 4-3 on page 4-6, debugger selection criteria are defined as:
Figure 4-3 on page 4-6 shows the debugger selection process on a TNS/R system.
The selection rules are the same for TNS programs and for those TNS/R native
programs that are not PIC (Position-Independent Code). Note, however, that Inspect
cannot be used to debug TNS/R PIC programs.
Note. If the creator of the process does not have read access to the program file, the system
software sets both the Inspect and the SAVEABEND attributes to OFF.
Criteria Meaning
INSPECT attribute on? The setting for INSPECT is set ON for the process you
will debug (set with TACL, the compiler, or the linker).
Visual Inspect session? You have started Visual Inspect and have connected to
the NonStop host on which the process to be debugged
will run. The user ID of the process must match the user
ID that was used to log on to Visual Inspect.
Inspect available? The Inspect subsystem (IMON, DMON, $DMnn) is
running, and the Inspect command-line interface is
available.