Setting debug preferences for z/OS UNIX applications

Before you set up a launch configuration to launch debug sessions for z/OS UNIX applications, specify the debug preferences for these applications.

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To set the z/OS UNIX application debug preferences, complete the following steps:

1. Open the Preferences window.
2. In the left navigation pane, double-click the Remote Systems node to open the tree of available preference pages.
3. Double-click the Debug node to open the tree of available preference pages.
4. Click z/OS UNIX Application to open the z/OS UNIX Application preference page.
5. In the Remote location of debug engine section, complete the following steps:
   1. Do one of the following:
      • Click the Automatically detect the location of the debug engine radio button to specify that you want the location of the debug engine to be determined automatically.
      • Click the Specify location of the debug engine radio button to manually specify the location of the debug engine for each of your z/OS UNIX applications:
        1. Click Add to open the Add a path entry dialog box.
        2. In the Host name field, type the name of your z/OS UNIX application.
        3. In the Path of debug engine field, type the full path to the debug engine.
        4. Click OK to close the dialog box.
        5. Repeat these steps to define the location of the debug engine for each of your z/OS UNIX applications.
6. Optional. By default, the Automatically stop at the first executable line of main method check box is selected. The setting specified in this preference page is automatically used in the debug launch configuration for the dbx debug engine. If you do not want debug sessions to stop at the first executable line of the main method, clear this check box.
7. Do one of the following:
   • Click Restore Defaults to discard your changes and restore the default settings for this page.
   • Click Apply to save your selections in the preference page.