Debug Tool commands supported in remote debug mode

You can use some Debug Tool commands in remote debug mode through the following methods:
  • Enter these commands through the Debug Engine Command field or the Debug Console Commands window of the remote debugger.
  • When you add a breakpoint through the remote debugger, specify these commands in the Action field, which is in the Optional Parameters section of the Add a Breakpoint task. You must have one of the following products to use this feature:
    • IBM Problem Determination Tools Studio
    • IBM Problem Determination Tools Plug-ins V13 Combined Packages
    • Compiled Language Debugger component of Rational Developer for System z, Version 8.5.x or later
  • Use them in a commands or preferences file.

Using any of these methods, you can use the following commands in remote debug mode:

You can use the following commands in remote debug mode only in the Action field, which is in the Optional Parameters section of the Add a Breakpoint task:
Start of changeYou can use the following commands in remote debug mode in the Action field, which is in the Optional Parameters section of the Add a Breakpoint task, and in the Startup Commands section of RD/z Debug Configuration: End of change
Through the Debug Engine Command field or the Debug Console Commands window, you can view a list of Debug Tool commands supported in remote debug mode by doing one of the following tasks:
  • Press CTRL+SPACE BAR.
  • Type in the first few letters of a command name. Press CTRL+SPACE BAR. A list of Debug Tool commands that begin with those same letters is displayed.
To use this feature, you must use one of the following products:
  • IBM Problem Determination Tools Studio
  • IBM Problem Determination Tools Plug-ins V13 Combined Packages
  • Compiled Language Debugger component of Rational Developer for System z, Version 8.5.x or later
Debug Tool supports Remote Playback through the Playback Toolbar in the Debug View. 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 can display Debug Tool variables in remote debug mode. Debug Tool reserves variables for its own information. To distinguish Debug Tool variables from program variables, the names of Debug Tool variables begin with a percent sign. You can access Debug Tool variables when you test programs in supported languages. To display the value of a Debug Tool variable, add it as a monitor expression in the Monitor view. For more information about Debug Tool variables, see Debug Tool variables.

Example

If you want to know the value of the PSW when you debug an assembler program, add the following Debug Tool variable to the monitor view:

%PSW