Debugging a Program With dbx

Backquote Operator

The backquote character(`) can be used to find a variable of global scope:


(dbx) print `item

A program may use the same function name in two different files (or compilation modules). In this case, you must also qualify the function name to dbx so that it knows which function you mean to visit. To qualify a function name with respect to its filename, use the general purpose backquote (`) scope resolution operator:


(dbx) func `file_name`function_name