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28.Dd August 27, 2008
29.Dt DB_COMMAND 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm DB_COMMAND ,
33.Nm DB_SHOW_COMMAND ,
34.Nm DB_SHOW_ALL_COMMAND
35.Nd Extends the ddb command set.
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In ddb/ddb.h
38.Fo DB_COMMAND
39.Fa command_name
40.Fa command_function
41.Fc
42.Fn DB_SHOW_COMMAND "command_name" "command_function"
43.Fn DB_SHOW_ALL_COMMAND "command_name" "command_function"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45.Pp
46The
47.Fn DB_COMMAND
48macro adds
49.Fa command_name
50to the list of top-level commands.
51Invoking
52.Fa command_name
53from ddb will call
54.Fa command_function .
55.Pp
56The
57.Fn DB_SHOW_COMMAND
58and
59.Fn DB_SHOW_ALL_COMMAND
60are roughly equivalent to
61.Fn DB_COMMAND
62but in these cases,
63.Fa command_name
64is a sub-command of the ddb
65.Sy show
66command and
67.Sy show all
68command, respectively.
69.Pp
70The general command syntax:
71.Cm command Ns Op Li \&/ Ns Ar modifier
72.Ar address Ns Op Li , Ns Ar count ,
73translates into the following parameters for
74.Fa command_function :
75.Bl -tag
76.It Fa addr
77The address passed to the command as an argument.
78.It Fa have_addr
79A boolean value that is true if the addr field is valid.
80.It Fa count
81The number of quad words starting at offset
82.Fa addr
83that the command must process.
84.It Fa modif
85A pointer to the string of modifiers. That is, a series of symbols used to pass some options to the command. For example, the
86.Sy examine
87command will display words in decimal form if it is passed the modifier "d".
88.El
89.Sh EXAMPLE
90In your module, the command is declared as:
91.Bd -literal
92DB_COMMAND(mycmd, my_cmd_func)
93{
94	if (have_addr)
95		db_printf("Calling my command with address %p\\n", addr);
96}
97.Ed
98.Pp
99Then, when in ddb:
100.Bd -literal
101.Bf Sy
102db> mycmd 0x1000
103Calling my command with address 0x1000
104db>
105.Ef
106.Ed
107.Sh "SEE ALSO"
108.Xr ddb 4
109.Sh AUTHOR
110This manual page was written by
111.An Guillaume Ballet Aq gballet@gmail.com .
112