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