dbxrc - commands to dbx
The .dbxrc file contains dbx commands executed when you start dbx. It is used primarily for defining aliases and ksh functions, setting dbxenv variables, and defining GUI buttons.
dbx first searches for .dbxrc in the current working directory. If .dbxrc does not exist in the current directory, dbx looks in the user's home directory. If no .dbxrc file is found, the same search is made for the file .dbxinit.
Use the .dbxrc file to configure dbx.
See the dbx(1) man page for a description of dbx commands.
Here is an example of a .dbxrc file that a FORTRAN user of dbx might use:
dbxenv stack_max_size 10 dbxenv output_base 16 catch FPE
The output of the dbx command help dbxrc can be used as an initial .dbxrc file. For example:
help dbxrc > .dbxrc
Many helpful ksh functions are documented in this help dbxrc output.
Users of earlier releases of dbx may have used their .dbxrc file to set breakpoints. The modules and Auto-Read facilities now cause dbx to read .dbxrc before the symbol table information rather than after.
As a workaround, you can define an alias in your .dbxrc file which sources another file of dbx commands; you can then set up this additional file to contain the breakpoint-setting commands. Once you have set up this second file with the breakpoint commands, just call the alias immediately after you call dbx.