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23*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateCopyright (c) 1999 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
24*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateAll rights reserved.
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26*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate#ident	"%Z%%M%	%I%	%E% SMI"
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28*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatemdb(1) is an extensible utility for low-level debugging and editing of the
29*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatelive operating system, operating system crash dumps, user processes, user
30*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateprocess core dumps, and object files.   mdb provides a completely customizable
31*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateenvironment for debugging complex software systems such as an operating system,
32*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatefor programs that are highly optimized, have had their debug information
33*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateremoved, or are themselves low-level debugging tools, and for customer
34*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatesituations where developers can only access post-mortem information.
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36*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateRefer to the white paper "A Modular Debugger for Solaris" for information
37*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateon the design, features, and goals of MDB.  See /shared/sac/PSARC/1999/169
38*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatefor copies of the paper and related documentation.  More information about
39*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateMDB is available on the internal web at http://mdb.eng/.  This directory
40*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatecontains both the source for the MDB debugger, and the supporting debugger
41*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatemodules.  Developers are free to modify and enhance these modules to add
42*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatenew dcmds and walkers and to create completely new modules.
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