PLAYBACK commands
The PLAYBACK commands help you record and replay:
- Statements that you have run.
- Information about your program. For example, the value of variables and registers and the status of files.
The following table summarizes the forms of the PLAYBACK commands.
| PLAYBACK ENABLE command | Informs Debug Tool to record all subsequent statements that you run and other information about your program. |
| PLAYBACK START command | Informs Debug Tool to suspend normal debugging and to prepare to replay recorded statements. |
| PLAYBACK FORWARD command | Informs Debug Tool to replay recorded statements in forward direction. |
| PLAYBACK BACKWARD command | Informs Debug Tool to replay recorded statements in backward direction. |
| PLAYBACK STOP command | Informs Debug Tool to stop replaying statements, resume normal debugging, and continue recording the statements that you run and other information about your program. |
| PLAYBACK DISABLE command | Informs Debug Tool to stop recording the statements that you run and discard the information about your program that it recorded. |
Usage notes
- Debug Tool supports remote playback through the Playback Toolbar in the Debug Viewer. This function is restricted to recording and replaying statements. Changes made to variables are not recorded or available to replay.
- To use this feature, you must use one of the following
products:
- PD Tools Studio (Eclipse 4.2)
- Compiled language debugger component of Rational® Developer for System z®, Version 9.0 or later version
- You cannot use the PLAYBACK commands while you debug a disassembled program.