Annotation of 43BSDTahoe/man/man1/adb.1, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
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        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)adb.1       6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH ADB 1 "April 29, 1985"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: adb \- debugger
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B adb
        !            13: [\fB\-w\fR] [ \fB\-k\fR ] [ \fB-I\fRdir ] [ objfil [ corfil ] ]
        !            14: .ds TW \v'.25m'\s+2~\s-2\v'-.25m'
        !            15: .ds ST *
        !            16: .ds IM \v'.1m'=\v'-.1m'\s-2\h'-.1m'>\h'.1m'\s+2
        !            17: .ds LE \(<=
        !            18: .ds LT \s-2<\s+2
        !            19: .ds GT \s-2>\s+2
        !            20: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            21: .I Adb
        !            22: is a general purpose debugging program.
        !            23: It may be used to examine files and to provide
        !            24: a controlled environment for the execution of UNIX programs.
        !            25: .PP
        !            26: .I Objfil
        !            27: is normally an executable program file, preferably
        !            28: containing a symbol table; if not then the symbolic features of
        !            29: .I  adb
        !            30: cannot be used although the file can still be examined.
        !            31: The default for
        !            32: .I objfil
        !            33: is
        !            34: .B  a.out.
        !            35: .I Corfil
        !            36: is assumed to be a core image file produced after executing
        !            37: .IR objfil ;
        !            38: the default for
        !            39: .I corfil
        !            40: is
        !            41: .B  core.
        !            42: .PP
        !            43: Requests to
        !            44: .I  adb
        !            45: are read from the standard input and responses are to the standard output.
        !            46: If the
        !            47: .B  \-w
        !            48: flag is present then both
        !            49: .I  objfil
        !            50: and
        !            51: .I corfil
        !            52: are created if necessary and opened for reading and writing
        !            53: so that files can be modified using
        !            54: .IR adb .
        !            55: .PP
        !            56: The \fB\-k\fP option makes \fIadb\fP do UNIX kernel memory
        !            57: mapping; it should be used when \fIcore\fP is a UNIX crash dump
        !            58: or \fI/dev/mem\fP.
        !            59: .PP
        !            60: The \fB\-I\fP option specifies a directory where files to be read
        !            61: with $< or $<< (see below) will be sought; the default is
        !            62: .IR /usr/lib/adb .
        !            63: .PP
        !            64: .I Adb
        !            65: ignores QUIT; INTERRUPT causes return to the next
        !            66: .I adb
        !            67: command.
        !            68: .PP
        !            69: In general requests to
        !            70: .I  adb
        !            71: are of the form
        !            72: .PP
        !            73: .if n .ti 16
        !            74: .if t .ti 1.6i
        !            75: [\|\fIaddress\fR\|]  [\|,
        !            76: .IR count \|]
        !            77: [\|\fIcommand\fR\|] [\|;\|]
        !            78: .PP
        !            79: If
        !            80: .I address
        !            81: is present then
        !            82: .I  dot
        !            83: is set to
        !            84: .IR address .
        !            85: Initially
        !            86: .I dot
        !            87: is set to 0.  For most commands
        !            88: .I count
        !            89: specifies how many times the command will be executed.  The default
        !            90: .I count
        !            91: is 1.
        !            92: .I Address
        !            93: and
        !            94: .I count
        !            95: are expressions.
        !            96: .PP
        !            97: The interpretation of an address depends on the context it is used in.
        !            98: If a subprocess is being debugged then addresses are interpreted
        !            99: in the usual way in the address space of the subprocess.
        !           100: If the operating system is being debugged either post-mortem or using
        !           101: the special file
        !           102: .I /dev/mem
        !           103: to interactive examine and/or modify memory the maps are set to map
        !           104: the kernel virtual addresses which start at 0x80000000 (on the VAX).
        !           105: .SM ADDRESSES.
        !           106: .SH EXPRESSIONS
        !           107: .TP 7.2n
        !           108: .B .
        !           109: The value of
        !           110: .IR dot .
        !           111: .TP 7.2n
        !           112: +
        !           113: The value of
        !           114: .I dot
        !           115: incremented by the current increment.
        !           116: .TP 7.2n
        !           117: ^
        !           118: The value of
        !           119: .I dot
        !           120: decremented by the current increment.
        !           121: .TP 7.2n
        !           122: "
        !           123: The last
        !           124: .I address
        !           125: typed.
        !           126: .TP 7.2n
        !           127: .I integer
        !           128: A number.  The prefixes 0o and 0O (\*(lqzero oh\*(rq) force interpretation
        !           129: in octal radix; the prefixes 0t and 0T force interpretation in
        !           130: decimal radix; the prefixes 0x and 0X force interpretation in
        !           131: hexadecimal radix.  Thus 0o20 = 0t16 = 0x10 = sixteen.
        !           132: If no prefix appears, then the
        !           133: .I default\ radix
        !           134: is used; see the $d command.  The default radix is initially hexadecimal.
        !           135: The hexadecimal digits are 0123456789abcdefABCDEF with the obvious
        !           136: values.  Note that a hexadecimal number whose most significant
        !           137: digit would otherwise be an alphabetic character must have a 0x
        !           138: (or 0X) prefix (or a leading zero if the default radix is hexadecimal).
        !           139: .TP 7.2n
        !           140: .IB integer . fraction
        !           141: A 32 bit floating point number.
        !           142: .TP 7.2n
        !           143: .I \'cccc\|\'
        !           144: The ASCII value of up to 4 characters.
        !           145: \e may be used to escape a \'.
        !           146: .TP 7.2n
        !           147: .I \*(LT name
        !           148: The value of
        !           149: .IR name ,
        !           150: which is either a variable name or a register name.
        !           151: .I Adb
        !           152: maintains a number of variables (see
        !           153: .SM VARIABLES\*S)
        !           154: named by single letters or digits.
        !           155: If
        !           156: .I name
        !           157: is a register name then the value of the register is obtained from
        !           158: the system header in
        !           159: .IR corfil .
        !           160: The register names are those printed by the $r command.
        !           161: .TP 7.2n
        !           162: .I symbol
        !           163: A
        !           164: .I symbol
        !           165: is a sequence of upper or lower case letters, underscores or
        !           166: digits, not starting with a digit.  The backslash character
        !           167: .B \e 
        !           168: may be used to escape other characters.  The value of the
        !           169: .I symbol
        !           170: is taken from the symbol table in
        !           171: .IR objfil .
        !           172: An initial \_ will be prepended to
        !           173: .I symbol
        !           174: if needed.
        !           175: .TP
        !           176: .I _ symbol
        !           177: In C, the `true name' of an external symbol begins with _.
        !           178: It may be necessary to utter this name to distinguish it
        !           179: from internal or hidden variables of a program.
        !           180: .TP 7.2n
        !           181: .IB routine . name
        !           182: The address of the variable
        !           183: .I name
        !           184: in the specified C routine.  Both
        !           185: .I routine
        !           186: and
        !           187: .I name
        !           188: are
        !           189: .IR symbols .
        !           190: If
        !           191: .I name
        !           192: is omitted the value is the address of the most recently activated C stack frame
        !           193: corresponding to
        !           194: .IR routine .
        !           195: (This form is currently broken on the VAX; local variables can be examined
        !           196: only with
        !           197: .IR dbx (1).)
        !           198: .TP 7.2n
        !           199: .RI ( exp \|)
        !           200: The value of the expression
        !           201: .IR exp .
        !           202: .LP
        !           203: .SM
        !           204: .B  "Monadic\ operators"
        !           205: .TP 7.2n
        !           206: .RI \*(ST exp
        !           207: The contents of the location addressed by
        !           208: .I exp
        !           209: in
        !           210: .IR corfil .
        !           211: .TP 7.2n
        !           212: .RI @ exp
        !           213: The contents of the location addressed by
        !           214: .I exp
        !           215: in
        !           216: .IR objfil .
        !           217: .TP 7.2n
        !           218: .RI \- exp
        !           219: Integer negation.
        !           220: .TP 7.2n
        !           221: .RI \*(TW exp
        !           222: Bitwise complement.
        !           223: .TP 7.2n
        !           224: .RI # exp
        !           225: Logical negation.
        !           226: .LP
        !           227: .tr ''
        !           228: .B  "Dyadic\ operators"
        !           229: are left associative and are less binding than monadic operators.
        !           230: .TP 7.2n
        !           231: .IR e1 + e2
        !           232: Integer addition.
        !           233: .TP 7.2n
        !           234: .IR e1 \- e2
        !           235: Integer subtraction.
        !           236: .TP 7.2n
        !           237: .IR e1 \*(ST e2
        !           238: Integer multiplication.
        !           239: .TP 7.2n
        !           240: .IR e1 % e2
        !           241: Integer division.
        !           242: .TP 7.2n
        !           243: .IR e1 & e2
        !           244: Bitwise conjunction.
        !           245: .TP 7.2n
        !           246: .IR e1 \(bv e2
        !           247: Bitwise disjunction.
        !           248: .TP 7.2n
        !           249: .IR e1 # e2
        !           250: .I E1
        !           251: rounded up to the next multiple of
        !           252: .IR e2 .
        !           253: .DT
        !           254: .SH COMMANDS
        !           255: Most commands consist of a verb followed by a modifier or list of modifiers.
        !           256: The following verbs are available.
        !           257: (The commands `?' and `/' may be followed by `\*(ST'; see
        !           258: .SM ADDRESSES
        !           259: for further details.)
        !           260: .TP .5i
        !           261: .RI ? f
        !           262: Locations starting at
        !           263: .I address
        !           264: in
        !           265: .I  objfil
        !           266: are printed according to the format
        !           267: .IR f .
        !           268: .I dot
        !           269: is incremented by the sum of the increments for each format letter (q.v.).
        !           270: .TP
        !           271: .RI / f
        !           272: Locations starting at
        !           273: .I address
        !           274: in
        !           275: .I  corfil
        !           276: are printed according to the format
        !           277: .I f
        !           278: and
        !           279: .I dot
        !           280: is incremented as for `?'.
        !           281: .TP
        !           282: .RI  = f
        !           283: The value of
        !           284: .I address
        !           285: itself is printed in the styles indicated by the format
        !           286: .IR f .
        !           287: (For
        !           288: .B i 
        !           289: format `?' is printed for the parts of the instruction that reference
        !           290: subsequent words.)
        !           291: .PP
        !           292: A
        !           293: .I format
        !           294: consists of one or more characters that specify a style of printing.
        !           295: Each format character may be preceded by a decimal integer
        !           296: that is a repeat count for the format character.
        !           297: While stepping through a format
        !           298: .I dot
        !           299: is incremented by the amount given for each format letter.
        !           300: If no format is given then the last format is used.
        !           301: The format letters available are as follows.
        !           302: .ta 2.5n .5i
        !           303: .RS
        !           304: .TP
        !           305: .BR o "        2"
        !           306: Print 2 bytes in octal.  All octal numbers output by
        !           307: .I adb
        !           308: are preceded by 0.
        !           309: .br
        !           310: .ns
        !           311: .TP
        !           312: .BR O "        4"
        !           313: Print 4 bytes in octal.
        !           314: .br
        !           315: .ns
        !           316: .TP
        !           317: .BR q "        2"
        !           318: Print in signed octal.
        !           319: .br
        !           320: .ns
        !           321: .TP
        !           322: .BR Q "        4"
        !           323: Print long signed octal.
        !           324: .br
        !           325: .ns
        !           326: .TP
        !           327: .BR d "        2"
        !           328: Print in decimal.
        !           329: .br
        !           330: .ns
        !           331: .TP
        !           332: .BR D "        4"
        !           333: Print long decimal.
        !           334: .br
        !           335: .ns
        !           336: .TP
        !           337: .BR x "        2"
        !           338: Print 2 bytes in hexadecimal.
        !           339: .br
        !           340: .ns
        !           341: .TP
        !           342: .BR X "        4"
        !           343: Print 4 bytes in hexadecimal.
        !           344: .br
        !           345: .ns
        !           346: .TP
        !           347: .BR u "        2"
        !           348: Print as an unsigned decimal number.
        !           349: .br
        !           350: .ns
        !           351: .TP
        !           352: .BR U "        4"
        !           353: Print long unsigned decimal.
        !           354: .br
        !           355: .ns
        !           356: .TP
        !           357: .BR f "        4"
        !           358: Print the 32 bit value as a floating point number.
        !           359: .br
        !           360: .ns
        !           361: .TP
        !           362: .BR F "        8"
        !           363: Print double floating point.
        !           364: .br
        !           365: .ns
        !           366: .TP
        !           367: .BR b "        1"
        !           368: Print the addressed byte in octal.
        !           369: .br
        !           370: .ns
        !           371: .TP
        !           372: .BR c "        1"
        !           373: Print the addressed character.
        !           374: .br
        !           375: .ns
        !           376: .TP
        !           377: .BR C "        1"
        !           378: Print the addressed character using
        !           379: the standard escape convention where control characters
        !           380: are printed as ^X and the delete character is printed as ^?.
        !           381: .br
        !           382: .ns
        !           383: .TP
        !           384: .BI s "        n"
        !           385: Print the addressed characters until a zero character is reached.
        !           386: .br
        !           387: .ns
        !           388: .TP
        !           389: .BI S "        n"
        !           390: Print a string using the ^\fIX\fR escape convention (see \fBC\fR above).
        !           391: .I n
        !           392: is the length of the string including its zero terminator.
        !           393: .br
        !           394: .ns
        !           395: .TP
        !           396: .BR Y "        4"
        !           397: Print 4 bytes in date format (see
        !           398: .IR ctime (3)).
        !           399: .br
        !           400: .ns
        !           401: .TP
        !           402: .BR i "        n"
        !           403: Print as machine instructions.
        !           404: .I n
        !           405: is the number of bytes occupied by the instruction.
        !           406: This style of printing causes variables 1 and 2 to be set
        !           407: to the offset parts of the source and destination respectively.
        !           408: .br
        !           409: .ns
        !           410: .TP
        !           411: .BR a "        0"
        !           412: Print the value of
        !           413: .I dot
        !           414: in symbolic form.
        !           415: Symbols are checked to ensure that they have an appropriate
        !           416: type as indicated below.
        !           417: .LP
        !           418:        /       local or global data symbol
        !           419: .br
        !           420:        ?       local or global text symbol
        !           421: .br
        !           422:        =       local or global absolute symbol
        !           423: .TP
        !           424: .BR p "        4"
        !           425: Print the addressed value in symbolic form using
        !           426: the same rules for symbol lookup as
        !           427: .BR a .
        !           428: .br
        !           429: .tr ''
        !           430: .ns
        !           431: .TP
        !           432: .BR t "        0"
        !           433: When preceded by an integer tabs to the next appropriate tab stop.
        !           434: For example,
        !           435: .B 8t 
        !           436: moves to the next 8-space tab stop.
        !           437: .br
        !           438: .ns
        !           439: .TP
        !           440: .BR r "        0"
        !           441: Print a space.
        !           442: .br
        !           443: .ns
        !           444: .TP
        !           445: .BR n "        0"
        !           446: Print a newline.
        !           447: .br
        !           448: .ns
        !           449: .tr '"
        !           450: .TP
        !           451: .BR '...' " 0"
        !           452: Print the enclosed string.
        !           453: .br
        !           454: .tr ''
        !           455: .br
        !           456: .ns
        !           457: .TP
        !           458: .B ^
        !           459: .I Dot
        !           460: is decremented by the current increment.  Nothing is printed.
        !           461: .br
        !           462: .ns
        !           463: .TP
        !           464: +
        !           465: .I Dot
        !           466: is incremented by 1.  Nothing is printed.
        !           467: .br
        !           468: .ns
        !           469: .TP
        !           470: \-
        !           471: .I Dot
        !           472: is decremented by 1.  Nothing is printed.
        !           473: .RE
        !           474: .TP
        !           475: newline
        !           476: Repeat the previous command with a
        !           477: .I count
        !           478: of 1.
        !           479: .TP
        !           480: .RB [ ?/ ] l "\fI value mask\fR"
        !           481: Words starting at
        !           482: .I  dot
        !           483: are masked with
        !           484: .I mask
        !           485: and compared with
        !           486: .I value
        !           487: until a match is found.
        !           488: If
        !           489: .B L
        !           490: is used then the match is for 4 bytes at a time instead of 2.
        !           491: If no match is found then
        !           492: .I dot
        !           493: is unchanged; otherwise
        !           494: .I dot
        !           495: is set to the matched location.
        !           496: If
        !           497: .I mask
        !           498: is omitted then \-1 is used.
        !           499: .TP
        !           500: .RB [ ?/ ] w "\fI value ...\fR"
        !           501: Write the 2-byte
        !           502: .I value
        !           503: into the addressed location.  If the command is
        !           504: .BR W ,
        !           505: write 4 bytes.
        !           506: Odd addresses are not allowed when writing to the subprocess address space.
        !           507: .TP
        !           508: [\fB?/\fR]\fBm\fI b1 e1 f1\fR[\fB?/\fR]
        !           509: .br
        !           510: New values for
        !           511: .RI ( b1,\ e1,\ f1 )
        !           512: are recorded.  If less than three expressions are given then
        !           513: the remaining map parameters are left unchanged.
        !           514: If the `?' or `/' is followed by `\*(ST' then
        !           515: the second segment (\fIb2\fR\|,\|\fIe2\fR\|,\|\fIf2\fR)
        !           516: of the mapping is changed.
        !           517: If the list is terminated by `?' or `/' then the file (\fIobjfil\fR or
        !           518: .I corfil
        !           519: respectively) is used for subsequent requests.
        !           520: (So that, for example, `/m?' will cause `/' to refer to
        !           521: .IR objfil .)
        !           522: .TP
        !           523: .BI \*(GT name
        !           524: .I Dot
        !           525: is assigned to the variable or register named.
        !           526: .TP
        !           527: .B !
        !           528: A shell (/bin/sh) is called to read the rest of the line following `!'.
        !           529: .TP
        !           530: .RI $ modifier
        !           531: Miscellaneous commands.  The available 
        !           532: .I modifiers 
        !           533: are:
        !           534: .RS
        !           535: .TP
        !           536: .BI < f
        !           537: Read commands from the file
        !           538: .IR f .
        !           539: If this command is executed in a file, further commands
        !           540: in the file are not seen.
        !           541: If
        !           542: .I f
        !           543: is omitted, the current input stream is terminated.  If a
        !           544: .I count
        !           545: is given, and is zero, the command will be ignored.
        !           546: The value of the count will be placed in variable
        !           547: .I 9
        !           548: before the first command in
        !           549: .I f
        !           550: is executed.
        !           551: .br
        !           552: .ns
        !           553: .TP
        !           554: .BI << f
        !           555: Similar to
        !           556: .B <
        !           557: except it can be used in a file of commands without
        !           558: causing the file to be closed.  Variable
        !           559: .I 9
        !           560: is saved during the execution of this command, and restored when it completes.
        !           561: There is a (small) finite limit to the number of
        !           562: .B <<
        !           563: files that can be open at once.
        !           564: .br
        !           565: .ns
        !           566: .TP
        !           567: .BI > f
        !           568: Append output to the file
        !           569: .IR f ,
        !           570: which is created if it does not exist.  If
        !           571: .I f
        !           572: is omitted, output is returned to the terminal.
        !           573: .br
        !           574: .ns
        !           575: .TP
        !           576: .B ?
        !           577: Print process id, the signal which caused stoppage or termination,
        !           578: as well as the registers as \fB$r\fR.  This is the default if
        !           579: \fImodifier\fR is omitted.
        !           580: .br
        !           581: .ns
        !           582: .TP
        !           583: .B r
        !           584: Print the general registers and the instruction addressed by
        !           585: .BR pc .
        !           586: .I Dot
        !           587: is set to \fBpc\fR.
        !           588: .br
        !           589: .ns
        !           590: .TP
        !           591: .B b
        !           592: Print all breakpoints and their associated counts and commands.
        !           593: .br
        !           594: .ns
        !           595: .TP
        !           596: .B c
        !           597: C stack backtrace.  If
        !           598: .I address
        !           599: is given then it is taken as the address of the current frame 
        !           600: instead of the contents of the frame\-pointer register.  If
        !           601: .B C 
        !           602: is used then the names and (32 bit) values of all automatic
        !           603: and static variables are printed for each active function. (broken
        !           604: on the VAX).  If
        !           605: .I count
        !           606: is given then only the first
        !           607: .I count
        !           608: frames are printed.
        !           609: .br
        !           610: .ns
        !           611: .TP
        !           612: .B d
        !           613: Set the default radix to
        !           614: .I address
        !           615: and report the new value.  Note that
        !           616: .I address
        !           617: is interpreted in the (old) current radix.
        !           618: Thus \*(lq10$d\*(rq never changes the default radix.
        !           619: To make decimal the default radix, use \*(lq0t10$d\*(rq.
        !           620: .br
        !           621: .ns
        !           622: .TP
        !           623: .B e
        !           624: The names and values of external variables are printed.
        !           625: .br
        !           626: .ns
        !           627: .TP
        !           628: .B w
        !           629: Set the page width for output to
        !           630: .I address
        !           631: (default 80).
        !           632: .br
        !           633: .ns
        !           634: .TP
        !           635: .B s
        !           636: Set the limit for symbol matches to
        !           637: .I address
        !           638: (default 255).
        !           639: .br
        !           640: .ns
        !           641: .TP
        !           642: .B o
        !           643: All integers input are regarded as octal.
        !           644: .br
        !           645: .ns
        !           646: .TP
        !           647: .B q
        !           648: Exit from
        !           649: .IR adb .
        !           650: .br
        !           651: .ns
        !           652: .TP
        !           653: .B v
        !           654: Print all non zero variables in octal.
        !           655: .br
        !           656: .ns
        !           657: .TP
        !           658: .B m
        !           659: Print the address map.
        !           660: .br
        !           661: .ns
        !           662: .TP
        !           663: .B p
        !           664: .RI ( "Kernel debugging" )
        !           665: Change the current kernel memory mapping to map the designated 
        !           666: .B "user structure"
        !           667: to the address given by the symbol
        !           668: .I "_u."
        !           669: The
        !           670: .I address
        !           671: argument is the address of the user's user page table entries (on
        !           672: the VAX).
        !           673: .RE
        !           674: .TP
        !           675: .BI : modifier
        !           676: Manage a subprocess.  Available modifiers are:
        !           677: .RS
        !           678: .TP
        !           679: .BI b c
        !           680: Set breakpoint at
        !           681: .IR address .
        !           682: The breakpoint is executed
        !           683: .IR count \-1
        !           684: times before causing a stop.
        !           685: Each time the breakpoint is encountered the command
        !           686: .I c
        !           687: is executed.  If this command is omitted or sets
        !           688: .I dot
        !           689: to zero then the breakpoint causes a stop.
        !           690: .TP
        !           691: .B d
        !           692: Delete breakpoint at
        !           693: .IR address .
        !           694: .TP
        !           695: .B r
        !           696: Run
        !           697: .I objfil
        !           698: as a subprocess.  If
        !           699: .I address
        !           700: is given explicitly then the program is entered at this point; otherwise
        !           701: the program is entered at its standard entry point.
        !           702: .I count
        !           703: specifies how many breakpoints are to be ignored before stopping.
        !           704: Arguments to the subprocess may be supplied on the same line as the command.
        !           705: An argument starting with < or > causes the standard
        !           706: input or output to be established for the command.
        !           707: .TP
        !           708: .BI c s
        !           709: The subprocess is continued with signal
        !           710: .I s,
        !           711: see
        !           712: .IR sigvec (2).
        !           713: If
        !           714: .I address
        !           715: is given then the subprocess is continued at this address.
        !           716: If no signal is specified then the signal
        !           717: that caused the subprocess to stop is sent.
        !           718: Breakpoint skipping is the same as for
        !           719: .BR r .
        !           720: .TP
        !           721: .BI s s
        !           722: As for
        !           723: .B c 
        !           724: except that the subprocess is single stepped
        !           725: .I count
        !           726: times.  If there is no current subprocess then
        !           727: .I objfil
        !           728: is run as a subprocess as for
        !           729: .BR r .
        !           730: In this case no signal can be sent; the remainder of the line
        !           731: is treated as arguments to the subprocess.
        !           732: .TP
        !           733: .B k
        !           734: The current subprocess, if any, is terminated.
        !           735: .RE
        !           736: .SH VARIABLES
        !           737: .I Adb
        !           738: provides a number of variables.
        !           739: Named variables are set initially by
        !           740: .I  adb
        !           741: but are not used subsequently.
        !           742: Numbered variables are reserved for communication as follows.
        !           743: .TP
        !           744: 0
        !           745: The last value printed.
        !           746: .br
        !           747: .ns
        !           748: .TP
        !           749: 1
        !           750: The last offset part of an instruction source.
        !           751: .br
        !           752: .ns
        !           753: .TP
        !           754: 2
        !           755: The previous value of variable 1.
        !           756: .br
        !           757: .ns
        !           758: .TP
        !           759: 9
        !           760: The count on the last $< or $<< command.
        !           761: .PP
        !           762: On entry the following are set from the system header in the
        !           763: .IR corfil .
        !           764: If
        !           765: .I corfil
        !           766: does not appear to be a
        !           767: .B core 
        !           768: file then these values are set from
        !           769: .IR objfil .
        !           770: .TP
        !           771: b
        !           772: The base address of the data segment.
        !           773: .br
        !           774: .ns
        !           775: .TP
        !           776: d
        !           777: The data segment size.
        !           778: .br
        !           779: .ns
        !           780: .TP
        !           781: e
        !           782: The entry point.
        !           783: .br
        !           784: .ns
        !           785: .TP
        !           786: m
        !           787: The `magic' number (0407, 0410 or 0413).
        !           788: .br
        !           789: .ns
        !           790: .TP
        !           791: s
        !           792: The stack segment size.
        !           793: .br
        !           794: .ns
        !           795: .TP
        !           796: t
        !           797: The text segment size.
        !           798: .SH ADDRESSES
        !           799: The address in a file associated with
        !           800: a written address is determined by a mapping associated with that file.
        !           801: Each mapping is represented by two triples
        !           802: .RI ( "b1, e1, f1" )
        !           803: and
        !           804: .RI ( "b2, e2, f2" )
        !           805: and the
        !           806: .I file address
        !           807: corresponding to a written
        !           808: .I address
        !           809: is calculated as follows.
        !           810: .PP
        !           811: .if t .ti 1.5i
        !           812: .if n .ti 8
        !           813: .IR b1 \*(LE address < e1
        !           814: \*(IM
        !           815: .IR "file address" = address + f1\-b1,
        !           816: otherwise,
        !           817: .PP
        !           818: .if t .ti 1.5i
        !           819: .if n .ti 8
        !           820: .IR b2 \*(LE address < e2
        !           821: \*(IM
        !           822: .IR "file address" = address + f2\-b2,
        !           823: .PP
        !           824: otherwise, the requested
        !           825: .I address
        !           826: is not legal.  In some cases (e.g. for programs with separated I and D
        !           827: space) the two segments for a file may overlap.  If a
        !           828: .B ? 
        !           829: or
        !           830: .B / 
        !           831: is followed by an
        !           832: .B \*(ST 
        !           833: then only the second triple is used.
        !           834: .PP
        !           835: The initial setting of both mappings is suitable for normal
        !           836: .B a.out 
        !           837: and
        !           838: .B core 
        !           839: files.  If either file is not of the kind expected then, for that file,
        !           840: .I b1
        !           841: is set to 0,
        !           842: .I e1
        !           843: is set to the maximum file size and
        !           844: .I f1
        !           845: is set to 0; in this way the whole
        !           846: file can be examined with no address translation.
        !           847: .PP
        !           848: .SH FILES
        !           849: a.out
        !           850: .br
        !           851: core
        !           852: .SH SEE\ ALSO
        !           853: cc(1),
        !           854: dbx(1),
        !           855: ptrace(2),
        !           856: a.out(5),
        !           857: core(5)
        !           858: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !           859: `Adb' when there is no current command or format.
        !           860: Comments about inaccessible files, syntax errors,
        !           861: abnormal termination of commands, etc.
        !           862: Exit status is 0, unless last command failed or returned nonzero status.
        !           863: .SH BUGS
        !           864: Since no shell is invoked to interpret the arguments of the
        !           865: .B :r
        !           866: command, the customary wild-card and variable expansions cannot occur.

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