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From: hiebeler@rpics (Dave Hiebeler)
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Subject: Re: Debugging multi-process application
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Date: 5 Mar 89 04:24:44 GMT
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In article <43200068@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> kai@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu writes:
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>Sequent's "pdbx" (parallel dbx) can be used from within their SVAE (System V
>Application Environment) as well as the regular BSD environment to debug
>multiprocess applications.

  We have a Sequent Balance 21000 here at RPI, and I must say
that one of the system's finer points is the "pdbx" debugger.
It's _very_ handy for debugging applications that fork, etc.
  I often wish dbx could handle that too, as I often want to
debug multi-process stuff on Suns.  If the program is portable
enough,
 sometimes I just send it over to the Sequent to debug, but in
many cases, that is just too inconvenient, or impossible (i.e.
the program uses Sun graphics, etc).

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