topic Re: debug mode during script execution in Operating System - HP-UX

debug mode during script execution

James Barry Donovan — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:36:12 GMT

I have knowledge on how to turn on debug mode within C++ and VMS, how to you do the same running a script in HP-Ux

e.g. in C++
define debug 1
e.g. in OpenVMS
$ set verify

Re: debug mode during script execution

harry d brown jr — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:39:37 GMT

to turn on verbose mode

set -x

to turn off

set +x

You can't DEBUG, but you can see verbosely what is going on!

With perl you can DEBUG, that's why I prefer to script in perl!

live free or die
harry

Re: debug mode during script execution

S.K. Chan — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:41:34 GMT

Use "set -x" (set -o xtrace can also be used to enable shell tracing). To disable shell tracing use "set +x" (or set +o xtrace).

Re: debug mode during script execution

Mark Greene_1 — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:41:52 GMT

ksh -x [script]

you will also want to add these lines to the top of the script to make it easier to follow:

PS4='${0##*/}:$LINENO: '
typeset -ft $(typeset +f)

HTH
mark

Re: debug mode during script execution

MANOJ SRIVASTAVA — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:45:10 GMT

Hi James

Even in the shell scripting you can use #!/usr/bin/ksh -x

to enable the debug option , at teh start of the script .

Manoj Srivastava

Re: debug mode during script execution

Sachin Patel — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:00:47 GMT

Hi James,

Here it is if you have csh (c-shell) script.

#csh -x script_name

Sachin

Re: debug mode during script execution

John Carr_2 — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:08:11 GMT

Hi

and the posix

sh -x script_name

john.

Re: debug mode during script execution

hpuxrox — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:26:37 GMT

In the first line of your script put an -x after the ksh. example,

#! /usr/bin/ksh -x