HP WDB Documentation Map

This directory, /opt/langtools/wdb/doc, contains documentation for HP WDB, an HP-supported implementation of the GDB debugger.

GDB documentation from Cygnus Solutions, Inc. includes the following printable files:

refcard.ps   GDB Quick Reference
gdb.ps   Debugging with GDB: The Gnu Source-Level Debugger (with HP modifications): Postscript format.
gdb.pdf   Debugging with GDB: The Gnu Source-Level Debugger (with HP modifications): Adobe acrobat format, which you can read with the Acrobat Reader, acroread. If you do not already have acroread, it is available for free from Adobe Systems Inc. (http://www.adobe.com)
quickstart.ps
quickstart.pdf
  Two-page HP WDB Quick Start Guide from either a PostScript (.ps) or a Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) version. Print this guide double-sided and fold it.

Debugging with GDB is also available in the form of info files, which you can read in Emacs using the Emacs info system. The info files are:

HP also provides online documentation in the form of HTML files, which you can open in your Web browser.

index.html   Home page for WDB documentation with links to all HTML files.
GDBtutorial.html   Getting Started with HP WDB tutorial (requires a Web browser with frames support)

The files listed below are part of the Getting Started with HP WDB tutorial.If your web browser does not support frames, open the file tutmain.html instead of GDBtutorial.html.

  • tutcont.html
  • tutmain.html
  • tutsample.html
  • tuttitle.html
debug.html   Debugging with GDB: The Gnu Source-Level Debugger
(with HP modifications)

This includes chapters on:

  • HP specific features
  • HP Terminal User Interface (TUI) Guide
  • XDB to WDB Transition Guide