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From: soltis@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Don Soltis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: cdb -P broken in HPUX 7.0
Message-ID: <17330017@hpfcdj.HP.COM>
Date: 20 Jul 90 03:04:32 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard -- Fort Collins, CO
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> I have a database server program that is impossible to run in exactly
> the same state interactively as when called by the database front end.
> Under HP-UX 6.5 I was able to use "cdb -P <pid>" to connect to the 
> the program, and then debug it from a Xterm window.  However, under
> 7.0 I am unable to connect the the process, even when root.
> I have tried the suggested trick of having the program loop with a
> 	while(1) ;
> But I still cannot connect.  Anyone have similar experiences or any
> suggestions?
> Email or Post 
> Thanks a bunch.
> 
Make sure the program you are trying to attach to does not live on an
NFS mount.  I had problems with that one.
Don Soltis