Process pane
The Process pane lists the processes
(and threads, if any)
controlled by the
given ``window set''.
The information for each process or thread
is given by the following pane labels:
Program-
The program name which is usually the name of the
executable file.
If a process forks, both parent and child processes
(and their respective threads, if any) will belong to
the same program.
ID-
A unique debugger-generated identifier for
each process and thread.
State-
The current state of the
process or thread.
The possible values are:
Running-
The process
or thread
is in motion following a
``Run''
or
``Step''
command.
Stepping-
This state appears only when the debugger has to execute a process
or thread
an instruction at
a time, typically because it has to
continually evaluate an event condition.
Stopped-
The process
or thread
is halted.
Core-
The process
or thread
is a core image which may be examined but not altered or executed.
Off lwp-
A multiplexed thread has been taken off the Light Weight Process (LWP)
by the threads library, possibly because it is blocked
on I/O or on some synchronization primitive. When it is ready
to resume execution, it will be picked up again by an LWP.
A thread is in a suspended state waiting for action from
another thread or the system.
This state occurs when the thread is a target of
a thr_suspend call.
It will resume execution when
continued by another thread.
Core off lwp-
A thread in a core image that was in Off lwp
state when the core image was produced.
Core suspended-
A thread in a core image that was in suspended
state when the core image was produced.
Function-
If the object
is Running or Stepping,
this will be blank.
Otherwise, this is the name of the function where the object is stopped.
Location-
If the object
is Running or Stepping,
this will be blank.
If the object is stopped in a function that was compiled
with debugging information (-g), this will give the file name and
line number (file@line) where the
object is stopped.
If the function was not compiled with debugging information, this will
show the hex address where the object is stopped.
Command-
The Command Line used to start the object.
You may select one or more entries in the Process pane.
The selected entries affect the behavior of many of the
commands in the menus of the window containing the pane.
For example,
if you select an entry and then click the SELECT button on the
``Run''
option, the selected object
will be set running.
If you had not selected an object
before selecting
``Run'',
the current
object would
have been set to running.
Selecting an entry selects both the
process or thread
and the program.
Most of the options apply to
the selected object,
but commands that create events
(
``Stop'',
``Signal'',
``Syscall'',
``Stop on Function'',
``Set Breakpoint'',
``Set Watchpoint'',
``Exception'',
and
``On Stop'')
by default apply to the selected program.
Use the
``Granularity''
option to
change the default.
The current object is indicated by a pointing hand to the
left of the program name.
The current object determines
what is displayed in the other panes in the window set.
The current object
may be changed by first clicking the SELECT button on one object
in the
Process pane and then clicking the SELECT button on the
``Set current''
option.
Alternatively, simply double-click on the object.
You may also move
an object
from one window set to
another by selecting the
``Move''
option, or by selecting the
object,
dragging it, and dropping
it on a Process pane of the other window set.
It will become the
current
object
in its new window set.
If any of the information is too long to fit in its column, the
information is truncated. If you click SELECT on any column, the
full contents of that column are displayed in the footer area of
the window containing this pane.
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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 27 April 2004