attach Command

The attach command attaches dbx to a running process, stopping execution and putting the program under debugging control. It has identical syntax and identical functionality in native mode and Java mode.

Syntax

attach process_id

Begin debugging the program with process ID process_id. dbx finds the program using /proc.

attach -p process_id program_name

Begin debugging program_name with process ID process_id.

attach program_name process_id

Begin debugging program_name with process ID process_id. program_name can be - dbx finds it using /proc.

attach -r ...

The -r option causes dbx to retain all watch commands, display commands, when commands, andstop commands. With no -r option, an implicit delete all command andundisplay 0 command are performed.

where:

process_id is the process ID of a running process.

program_name is the path name of the running program.