TACL Reference Manual

Built-In Functions and Variables

HP NonStop TACL Reference Manual—429513-018

9-214

#INSPECT Built-In Variable

Use #INSPECT to set or obtain the current state of the inspect flag.

Result

#INSPECT returns the current state of the inspect flag: OFF, ON, or SAVEABEND.

Considerations

•

When you first log on, #INSPECT is initialized to OFF.

•

Use #PUSH #INSPECT (or PUSH #INSPECT) to save a copy of the current setting

of the inspect flag.

•

Use #POP #INSPECT (or POP #INSPECT) to restore the inspect flag from the

copy last pushed.

•

Use #SET #INSPECT (or SET #INSPECT) to set the state of the inspect flag. The

syntax of #SET #INSPECT is:

OFF

disables INSPECT and selects DEBUG as the default debugger. (DEBUG is

the system default debugging utility.) DEBUG then prompts for input when any

process created by the current TACL (or any of its descendants) enters the

debug state.

selects the INSPECT symbolic debugger as the default debugger for all

programs started by the current TACL. INSPECT then prompts for input when

any process created by the current TACL (or by any descendant of the current

TACL) enters the DEBUG state.

SAVEABEND

establishes INSPECT as the default debugger and automatically creates a

save file if the program ends abnormally.

H-Series Usage

The program DEBUG is not available for use on systems running H-series software.

The DEBUG command invokes a debugger, it can be Inspect, Native Inspect

(eInspect, which is not in the family of Inspect debuggers), or Visual Inspect.

#INSPECT

#SET #INSPECT { OFF | ON | SAVEABEND }