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Summary of Features

The HP WDB GUI is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) designed by Hewlett-Packard for the WDB debugger. WDB stands for Wildebeest Debugger, which is HP’s implementation of the GDB debugger. WDB GUI supports debugging of 32-bit programs on HP-UX 10.20 and both 32-bit and 64-bit programs on HP-UX 11.x on PA systems, and also runs on HP-UX 11.22 Itanium systems.WDB GUI debugs native-compiled HP C, HP aC++, and Fortran programs.

Using WDB GUI, you can do the following:

  • Debugging an executable file or a core file produced by an aborted program

  • Attaching to a process that is already running

  • View your source code and the corresponding assembly code

  • Edit breakpoints

  • Watch local and global variables

  • Traverse the call stack

  • Modify signal handling

  • View registers

  • Switch between threads in your program

  • View Heap usage and Memory leaks report

  • Edit sources and have the debugger compile and patch in the changes without restarting the debugged program.

You can directly execute the WDB commands in the command view. WDB also allows you to save your debug session and restore it later.

WDB GUI is similar to the PC-based debuggers in its look, feel, and navigation methods. In a multi-platform environment, WDB GUI provides seamless transition between your PC development tools and the HP WDB debugger.



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