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28.Dd December 24, 2008
29.Dt DDB 8
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm ddb
33.Nd "configure DDB kernel debugger properties"
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Nm
36.Cm capture
37.Op Fl M core
38.Op Fl N system
39.Cm print
40.Nm
41.Cm capture
42.Op Fl M core
43.Op Fl N system
44.Cm status
45.Nm
46.Cm script
47.Ar scriptname
48.Nm
49.Cm script
50.Ar scriptname Ns = Ns Ar script
51.Nm
52.Cm scripts
53.Nm
54.Cm unscript
55.Ar scriptname
56.Nm
57.Ar pathname
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59The
60.Nm
61utility configures certain aspects of the
62.Xr ddb 4
63kernel debugger from user space that are not configured at compile-time or
64easily via
65.Xr sysctl 8
66MIB entries.
67.Pp
68To ease configuration, commands can be put in a file which is processed using
69.Nm
70as shown in the last synopsis line.
71An absolute
72.Ar pathname
73must be used.
74The file will be read line by line and applied as arguments to the
75.Nm
76utility.
77Whitespace at the beginning of lines will be ignored as will lines where the
78first non-whitespace character is
79.Ql # .
80.Sh OUTPUT CAPTURE
81The
82.Nm
83utility can be used to extract the contents of the
84.Xr ddb 4
85output capture buffer of the current live kernel, or from the crash dump of a
86kernel on disk.
87The following debugger commands are available from the command line:
88.Bl -tag -width indent
89.It Xo
90.Cm capture
91.Op Fl M Ar core
92.Op Fl N Ar system
93.Cm print
94.Xc
95Print the current contents of the
96.Xr ddb 4
97output capture buffer.
98.It Xo
99.Cm capture
100.Op Fl M Ar core
101.Op Fl N Ar system
102.Cm status
103.Xc
104Print the current status of the
105.Xr ddb 4
106output capture buffer.
107.El
108.Sh SCRIPTING
109The
110.Nm
111utility can be used to configure aspects of
112.Xr ddb 4
113scripting from user space; scripting support is described in more detail in
114.Xr ddb 4 .
115Each of the debugger commands is available from the command line:
116.Bl -tag -width indent
117.It Cm script Ar scriptname
118Print the script named
119.Ar scriptname .
120.It Cm script Ar scriptname Ns = Ns Ar script
121Define a script named
122.Ar scriptname .
123As many scripts contain characters interpreted in special ways by the shell,
124it is advisable to enclose
125.Ar script
126in quotes.
127.It Cm scripts
128List currently defined scripts.
129.It Cm unscript Ar scriptname
130Delete the script named
131.Ar scriptname .
132.El
133.Sh EXIT STATUS
134.Ex -std
135.Sh EXAMPLES
136The following example defines a script that will execute when the kernel
137debugger is entered as a result of a break signal:
138.Bd -literal -offset indent
139ddb script kdb.enter.break="show pcpu; bt"
140.Ed
141.Pp
142The following example will delete the script:
143.Pp
144.Dl "ddb unscript kdb.enter.break"
145.Pp
146For further examples, see the
147.Xr ddb 4
148and
149.Xr textdump 4
150manual pages.
151.Sh SEE ALSO
152.Xr ddb 4 ,
153.Xr textdump 4 ,
154.Xr sysctl 8
155.Sh HISTORY
156The
157.Nm
158utility first appeared in
159.Fx 7.1 .
160.Sh AUTHORS
161.An Robert N M Watson
162.Sh BUGS
163Ideally,
164.Nm
165would not exist, as all pertinent aspects of
166.Xr ddb 4
167could be configured directly via
168.Xr sysctl 8 .
169