Setting Startup Properties

You can use the pathmap command, dbxenv command, and alias command to set startup properties for your dbx sessions.

Mapping the Compile-time Directory to the Debug-time Directory

By default, dbx looks in the directory in which the program was compiled for the source files associated with the program being debugged. If the source or object files are not there or the machine you are using does not use the same path name, you must inform dbx of their location.

If you move the source or object files, you can add their new location to the search path. The pathmap command creates a mapping from your current view of the file system to the name in the executable image. The mapping is applied to source paths and object file paths.

Add common pathmaps to your .dbxrc file.

To establish a new mapping from the directory from to the directory to, type:

(dbx) pathmap [ -c ] from to

If -c is used, the mapping is applied to the current working directory as well.

The pathmap command is useful for dealing with automounted and explicit NFS-mounted file systems with different base paths on differing hosts. Use -c when you try to correct problems due to the automounter because current working directories are inaccurate on automounted file systems.

The mapping of /tmp_mnt to / exists by default.

For more information, see pathmap Command.

Setting dbx Environment Variables

You can use the dbxenv command to either list or set dbx customization variables. You can place dbxenv commands in your .dbxrc file. To list variables, type:

$ dbxenv

You can also set dbx environment variables. See Saving and Restoring Using replay for more information about the .dbxrc file and about setting these variables.

For more information, see Setting dbx Environment Variables and dbxenv Command.

Creating Your Own dbx Commands

You can create your own dbx commands using the kalias or dalias commands. For more information, see dalias Command.