SYMPREP

Prepares a program file containing symbolic debug information to be used by the symbolic formatter/symbolic access facility. Files modified through the use of this command are referred to as symbolic data type files.

Syntax

   SYMPREP {filename}

Parameters

filename: The name of the program file name to be preprocessed. (Required)

Limitations, Restrictions

Before a program file is ready to be prepared with SYMPREP, be sure that the following steps have been followed:

The types must be compiled with the $SYMDEBUG 'xdb'$ option.
The program containing the types must have at least one statement.
The relocatable library generated by the compiler must be run through LINKEDIT.

The modified program file generated by PXDB is now ready to be SYMPREPed by DAT or Debug, after which it may be opened with SYMOPEN.

To use this command, you must be logged on to the same account where the symbolic file resides.




	CAUTION: The output format of all System Debug commands is subject to change without notice. Programs that are developed to postprocess System Debug output should not depend on the exact format (spacing, alignment, number of lines, uppercase or lowercase, or spelling) of any System Debug command output.

Example

The following example preprocesses the program file GRADTYP.DEMO.TELESUP.

   $nmdat > symprep gradtyp.demo.telesup





   Preprocessing GRADTYP.DEMO.TELESUP

   Building constant symbol dictionary ...

   Sorting ...

   Build type symbol dictionary ...

   Sorting ...

   Constructing new SOM file ...

   GRADTYP.DEMO.TELESUP preprocessed.



   $nmdat >

SYMPREP

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