Variables Valid for Specific Events (Sun Studio 12: Debugging a Program With dbx)

Sun Studio 12: Debugging a Program With dbx

Variables Valid for Specific Events

Certain variables are valid only for specific events as shown in the following tables.

Table B–1 Variables Valid for sig Event


Variable	Description
`$sig`	Signal number that caused the event
`$sigstr`	Name of `$sig`
`$sigcode`	Subcode of `$sig` if applicable
`$sigcodestr`	Name of `$sigcode`
`$sigsender`	Process ID of sender of the signal, if appropriate

Table B–2 Variable Valid for exit Event


Variable	Description
`$exitcode`	Value of the argument passed to `_exit(2)` or `exit(3)` or the return value of `main`

Table B–3 Variable Valid for dlopen and dlclose Events


Variable	Description
`$dlobj`	Pathname of the load object dlopened or dlclosed

Table B–4 Variables Valid for sysin and sysout Events


Variable	Description
`$syscode`	System call number
`$sysname`	System call name

Table B–5 Variable Valid for proc_gone Events


Variable	Description
`$reason`	One of signal, exit, kill, or detach

Table B–6 Variables Valid for thr_create Event


Variable	Description
`$newthread`	Id of the newly created thread (for example, `t@5`)
`$newlwp`	Id of the newly created LWP (for example, `l@4`)