Annotation of researchv8dc/cmd/adb/oadb.1, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: .TH ADB 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: adb \- debugger
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B adb
        !             6: [\fB\-w\fR] [ objfil [ corfil ] ]
        !             7: .ds TW \v'.25m'\s+2~\s-2\v'-.25m'
        !             8: .ds ST \v'.25m'*\v'-.25m'
        !             9: .ds IM \v'.1m'=\v'-.1m'\s-2\h'-.1m'>\h'.1m'\s+2
        !            10: .ds LE \(<=
        !            11: .ds LT \s-2<\s+2
        !            12: .ds GT \s-2>\s+2
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: .I Adb
        !            15: is a general purpose debugging program.
        !            16: It may be used to examine files and to provide
        !            17: a controlled environment for the execution
        !            18: of UNIX programs.
        !            19: .PP
        !            20: .I Objfil
        !            21: is normally an executable program file, preferably
        !            22: containing a symbol table;
        !            23: if not then the
        !            24: symbolic features of
        !            25: .I  adb
        !            26: cannot be used although the file can still
        !            27: be examined.
        !            28: The default for
        !            29: .I objfil
        !            30: is `a.out'.
        !            31: .I Corfil
        !            32: is assumed to be a core image file produced after
        !            33: executing
        !            34: .IR objfil ;
        !            35: the default for
        !            36: .I corfil
        !            37: is `core'.
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: Requests to
        !            40: .I  adb
        !            41: are read from the standard input and
        !            42: responses are to the standard output.
        !            43: If the
        !            44: .B  \-w
        !            45: flag is present then both
        !            46: .I  objfil
        !            47: and
        !            48: .I corfil
        !            49: are
        !            50: created if necessary and
        !            51: opened for reading and writing
        !            52: so that files can be modified using
        !            53: .IR adb .
        !            54: .I Adb
        !            55: ignores QUIT; INTERRUPT
        !            56: causes return to the next
        !            57: .I adb
        !            58: command.
        !            59: .PP
        !            60: In general requests to
        !            61: .I  adb
        !            62: have the form
        !            63: .PP
        !            64: .if n .ti 16
        !            65: .if t .ti 1.6i
        !            66: [\|\fIaddress\fR\|]  [\|,
        !            67: .IR count \|]
        !            68: [\|\fIcommand\fR\|] [\|;\|]
        !            69: .PP
        !            70: If
        !            71: .I address
        !            72: is present then
        !            73: .I  dot
        !            74: is set to
        !            75: .IR address .
        !            76: Initially
        !            77: .I dot
        !            78: is set to 0.
        !            79: For most commands
        !            80: .I count
        !            81: specifies how many times
        !            82: the command will be executed.
        !            83: The default
        !            84: .I count
        !            85: is 1.
        !            86: .I Address
        !            87: and
        !            88: .I count
        !            89: are expressions.
        !            90: .PP
        !            91: The interpretation of an address depends
        !            92: on the context it is used in.
        !            93: If a subprocess is being debugged then
        !            94: addresses are interpreted
        !            95: in the usual way in the address space of the subprocess.
        !            96: If the operating system is being debugged either post-mortem or using
        !            97: the special file `/dev/kmem'
        !            98: to examine and/or modify memory the maps are set to map
        !            99: the kernel virtual addresses which start at 0x80000000.
        !           100: For further details of address mapping see
        !           101: .SM ADDRESSES.
        !           102: .SH EXPRESSIONS
        !           103: .TP 7.2n
        !           104: .B .
        !           105: The value of
        !           106: .IR dot .
        !           107: .TP 7.2n
        !           108: +
        !           109: The value of
        !           110: .I dot
        !           111: incremented by the current increment.
        !           112: .TP 7.2n
        !           113: ^
        !           114: The value of
        !           115: .I dot
        !           116: decremented by the current increment.
        !           117: .TP 7.2n
        !           118: "
        !           119: The last
        !           120: .I address
        !           121: typed.
        !           122: .TP 7.2n
        !           123: .I integer
        !           124: A number.
        !           125: The prefixes 0o and 0O (zero oh) force interpretation
        !           126: in octal radix; the prefixes 0t and 0T force interpretation in
        !           127: decimal radix; the prefixes 0x and 0X force interpretation in
        !           128: hexadecimal radix.
        !           129: Thus 0o20 = 0t16 = 0x10 = sixteen.
        !           130: If no prefix appears, then the
        !           131: .I default\ radix
        !           132: is used; see the
        !           133: .B $d
        !           134: command.
        !           135: The default radix is initially hexadecimal.
        !           136: The hexadecimal digits are 0123456789abcdefABCDEF with the obvious
        !           137: values.
        !           138: Note that a hexadecimal number whose most significant
        !           139: digit would otherwise be an alphabetic character must have a 0x
        !           140: (or 0X) prefix (or a leading zero if the default radix is hexadecimal).
        !           141: .TP 7.2n
        !           142: .IB integer . fraction
        !           143: A 32 bit floating point number.
        !           144: .TP 7.2n
        !           145: .I \'cccc\|\'
        !           146: The ASCII value of up to 4 characters.
        !           147: \\ may be used to escape a \'.
        !           148: .TP 7.2n
        !           149: .I \*(LT name
        !           150: The value of
        !           151: .IR name ,
        !           152: which is either a variable name or a register name.
        !           153: .I Adb
        !           154: maintains a number of variables
        !           155: (see
        !           156: .SM VARIABLES\*S)
        !           157: named by single letters or digits.
        !           158: If
        !           159: .I name
        !           160: is a register name then
        !           161: the value of the register is obtained from
        !           162: the system header in
        !           163: .IR corfil .
        !           164: The register names are
        !           165: those printed by the
        !           166: .B $r
        !           167: command.
        !           168: .TP 7.2n
        !           169: .I symbol
        !           170: A
        !           171: .I symbol
        !           172: is a sequence
        !           173: of upper or lower case letters, underscores or
        !           174: digits, not starting with a digit.
        !           175: .BR \\ " may be used to escape other characters."
        !           176: The value of the
        !           177: .I symbol
        !           178: is taken from the symbol table
        !           179: in
        !           180: .IR objfil .
        !           181: An initial \_ or \*(TW will be prepended to
        !           182: .I symbol
        !           183: if needed.
        !           184: .TP
        !           185: .I _ symbol
        !           186: In C, the `true name' of an external symbol begins with _.
        !           187: It may be necessary to utter this name to disinguish it
        !           188: from internal or hidden variables of a program.
        !           189: .TP 7.2n
        !           190: .IB routine . name
        !           191: The address of the variable
        !           192: .I name
        !           193: in the specified
        !           194: C routine.
        !           195: Both
        !           196: .I routine
        !           197: and
        !           198: .I name
        !           199: are
        !           200: .IR symbols .
        !           201: If
        !           202: .I name
        !           203: is omitted the value is the address of the
        !           204: most recently activated C stack frame
        !           205: corresponding to
        !           206: .IR routine .
        !           207: .TP 7.2n
        !           208: .RI ( exp )
        !           209: The value of the expression
        !           210: .IR exp .
        !           211: .LP
        !           212: .SM
        !           213: .B  "Monadic\ operators"
        !           214: .TP 7.2n
        !           215: .RI \*(ST exp
        !           216: The contents of the location addressed
        !           217: by
        !           218: .I exp
        !           219: in
        !           220: .IR corfil .
        !           221: .TP 7.2n
        !           222: .RI @ exp
        !           223: The contents of the location addressed by
        !           224: .I exp
        !           225: in
        !           226: .IR objfil .
        !           227: .TP 7.2n
        !           228: .RI \- exp
        !           229: Integer negation.
        !           230: .TP 7.2n
        !           231: .RI \*(TW exp
        !           232: Bitwise complement.
        !           233: .TP 7.2n
        !           234: .RI # exp
        !           235: Logical negation.
        !           236: .LP
        !           237: .B  "Dyadic\ operators"
        !           238: are left associative
        !           239: and are less binding than monadic operators.
        !           240: .TP 7.2n
        !           241: .IR e1 + e2
        !           242: Integer addition.
        !           243: .TP 7.2n
        !           244: .IR e1 \- e2
        !           245: Integer subtraction.
        !           246: .TP 7.2n
        !           247: .IR e1 \*(ST e2
        !           248: Integer multiplication.
        !           249: .TP 7.2n
        !           250: .IR e1 % e2
        !           251: Integer division.
        !           252: .TP 7.2n
        !           253: .IR e1 & e2
        !           254: Bitwise conjunction.
        !           255: .TP 7.2n
        !           256: .IR e1 \(bv e2
        !           257: Bitwise disjunction.
        !           258: .TP 7.2n
        !           259: .IR e1 # e2
        !           260: .I E1
        !           261: rounded up to the next multiple of
        !           262: .IR e2 .
        !           263: .DT
        !           264: .SH COMMANDS
        !           265: Most commands consist of a verb followed by a modifier or list
        !           266: of modifiers.
        !           267: The following verbs are available.
        !           268: (The commands `?' and `/' may be followed by `\*(ST';
        !           269: see
        !           270: .SM ADDRESSES
        !           271: for further details.)
        !           272: .TP .5i
        !           273: .RI ? f
        !           274: Locations starting at
        !           275: .I address
        !           276: in
        !           277: .I  objfil
        !           278: are printed according to the format
        !           279: .IR f .
        !           280: .I dot
        !           281: is incremented by the sum of the increments for each format letter (q.v.).
        !           282: .TP
        !           283: .RI / f
        !           284: Locations starting at
        !           285: .I address
        !           286: in
        !           287: .I  corfil
        !           288: are printed according to the format
        !           289: .I f
        !           290: and
        !           291: .I dot
        !           292: is incremented as for `?'.
        !           293: .TP
        !           294: .RI  = f
        !           295: The value of
        !           296: .I address
        !           297: itself is printed in the
        !           298: styles indicated by the format
        !           299: .IR f .
        !           300: (For
        !           301: .B i 
        !           302: format `?' is printed for the parts of the instruction that reference
        !           303: subsequent words.)
        !           304: .PP
        !           305: A
        !           306: .I format
        !           307: consists of one or more characters that specify a style
        !           308: of printing.
        !           309: Each format character may be preceded by a decimal integer
        !           310: that is a repeat count for the format character.
        !           311: While stepping through a format
        !           312: .I dot
        !           313: is incremented
        !           314: by the amount given for each format letter.
        !           315: If no format is given then the last format is used.
        !           316: The format letters available are as follows.
        !           317: .ta 2.5n .5i
        !           318: .RS
        !           319: .TP
        !           320: .BR o "        2"
        !           321: Print 2 bytes in octal.
        !           322: All octal numbers output by
        !           323: .I adb
        !           324: are preceded by 0.
        !           325: .br
        !           326: .ns
        !           327: .TP
        !           328: .BR O "        4"
        !           329: Print 4 bytes in octal.
        !           330: .br
        !           331: .ns
        !           332: .TP
        !           333: .BR q "        2"
        !           334: Print in signed octal.
        !           335: .br
        !           336: .ns
        !           337: .TP
        !           338: .BR Q "        4"
        !           339: Print long signed octal.
        !           340: .br
        !           341: .ns
        !           342: .TP
        !           343: .BR d "        2"
        !           344: Print in decimal.
        !           345: .br
        !           346: .ns
        !           347: .TP
        !           348: .BR D "        4"
        !           349: Print long decimal.
        !           350: .br
        !           351: .ns
        !           352: .TP
        !           353: .BR x "        2"
        !           354: Print 2 bytes in hexadecimal.
        !           355: .br
        !           356: .ns
        !           357: .TP
        !           358: .BR X "        4"
        !           359: Print 4 bytes in hexadecimal.
        !           360: .br
        !           361: .ns
        !           362: .TP
        !           363: .BR u "        2"
        !           364: Print unsigned decimal.
        !           365: .br
        !           366: .ns
        !           367: .TP
        !           368: .BR U "        4"
        !           369: Print long unsigned decimal.
        !           370: .br
        !           371: .ns
        !           372: .TP
        !           373: .BR f "        4"
        !           374: Print the 32 bit value
        !           375: as a floating point number.
        !           376: .br
        !           377: .ns
        !           378: .TP
        !           379: .BR F "        8"
        !           380: Print double floating point.
        !           381: .br
        !           382: .ns
        !           383: .TP
        !           384: .BR b "        1"
        !           385: Print the addressed byte in octal.
        !           386: .br
        !           387: .ns
        !           388: .TP
        !           389: .BR c "        1"
        !           390: Print the addressed character.
        !           391: .br
        !           392: .ns
        !           393: .TP
        !           394: .BR C "        1"
        !           395: Print the addressed character using
        !           396: the standard escape convention where control characters
        !           397: are printed as ^X and the delete character is printed as ^?.
        !           398: .br
        !           399: .ns
        !           400: .TP
        !           401: .BI s "        n"
        !           402: Print the addressed characters until a zero character
        !           403: is reached.
        !           404: .br
        !           405: .ns
        !           406: .TP
        !           407: .BI S "        n"
        !           408: Print a string using 
        !           409: the ^\fIX\fR escape convention (see \fBC\fR above).
        !           410: .I n
        !           411: is the length of the string including its zero terminator.
        !           412: .br
        !           413: .ns
        !           414: .TP
        !           415: .BR Y "        4"
        !           416: Print 4 bytes in date format (see
        !           417: .IR ctime (3)).
        !           418: .br
        !           419: .ns
        !           420: .TP
        !           421: .BR i "        n"
        !           422: Print as VAX instructions.
        !           423: .I n
        !           424: is the number of bytes occupied by the instruction.
        !           425: This style of printing causes variables 1 and 2 to be set
        !           426: to the offset parts of the source and destination respectively.
        !           427: .br
        !           428: .ns
        !           429: .TP
        !           430: .BR a "        0"
        !           431: Print the value of
        !           432: .I dot
        !           433: in symbolic form.
        !           434: Symbols are checked to ensure that they have an appropriate
        !           435: type as indicated below.
        !           436: .LP
        !           437:        /       local or global data symbol
        !           438: .br
        !           439:        ?       local or global text symbol
        !           440: .br
        !           441:        =       local or global absolute symbol
        !           442: .TP
        !           443: .BR p "        4"
        !           444: Print the addressed value in symbolic form using
        !           445: the same rules for symbol lookup as
        !           446: .BR a .
        !           447: .br
        !           448: .ns
        !           449: .TP
        !           450: .BR t "        0"
        !           451: When preceded by an integer tabs to the next
        !           452: appropriate tab stop.
        !           453: For example,
        !           454: .B 8t 
        !           455: moves to the next 8-space tab stop.
        !           456: .br
        !           457: .ns
        !           458: .TP
        !           459: .BR r "        0"
        !           460: Print a space.
        !           461: .br
        !           462: .ns
        !           463: .TP
        !           464: .BR n "        0"
        !           465: Print a newline.
        !           466: .br
        !           467: .ns
        !           468: .tr '"
        !           469: .TP
        !           470: .BR '...' " 0"
        !           471: Print the enclosed string.
        !           472: .br
        !           473: .tr ''
        !           474: .br
        !           475: .ns
        !           476: .TP
        !           477: .B ^
        !           478: .I Dot
        !           479: is decremented by the current increment.
        !           480: Nothing is printed.
        !           481: .br
        !           482: .ns
        !           483: .TP
        !           484: +
        !           485: .I Dot
        !           486: is incremented by 1.
        !           487: Nothing is printed.
        !           488: .br
        !           489: .ns
        !           490: .TP
        !           491: \-
        !           492: .I Dot
        !           493: is decremented by 1.
        !           494: Nothing is printed.
        !           495: .RE
        !           496: .TP
        !           497: newline
        !           498: Repeat the previous command with a
        !           499: .I count
        !           500: of 1.
        !           501: .TP
        !           502: .RB [ ?/ ] l "\fI value mask\fR"
        !           503: Words starting at
        !           504: .I  dot
        !           505: are masked with
        !           506: .I mask
        !           507: and compared with
        !           508: .I value
        !           509: until
        !           510: a match is found.
        !           511: If
        !           512: .B L
        !           513: is used then the match is for 4 bytes at a time instead of 2.
        !           514: If no match is found then
        !           515: .I dot
        !           516: is unchanged; otherwise
        !           517: .I dot
        !           518: is set to the matched location.
        !           519: If
        !           520: .I mask
        !           521: is omitted then \-1 is used.
        !           522: .TP
        !           523: .RB [ ?/ ] w "\fI value ...\fR"
        !           524: Write the 2-byte
        !           525: .I value
        !           526: into the addressed
        !           527: location.
        !           528: If the command is
        !           529: .BR W ,
        !           530: write 4 bytes.
        !           531: Odd addresses are not allowed when writing to the subprocess
        !           532: address space.
        !           533: .TP
        !           534: [\fB?/\fR]\fBm\fI b1 e1 f1\fR[\fB?/\fR]
        !           535: .br
        !           536: New values for
        !           537: .RI ( b1,\ e1,\ f1 )
        !           538: are recorded.
        !           539: If less than three expressions are given then
        !           540: the remaining map parameters are left unchanged.
        !           541: If the `?' or `/' is followed by `\*(ST' then
        !           542: the second segment (\fIb2\fR\|,\|\fIe2\fR\|,\|\fIf2\fR)
        !           543: of the mapping is changed.
        !           544: If the list is terminated by `?' or `/' then the file
        !           545: (\fIobjfil\fR or
        !           546: .I corfil
        !           547: respectively) is used
        !           548: for subsequent requests.
        !           549: (So that, for example, `/m?' will cause `/' to refer to
        !           550: .IR objfil .)
        !           551: .TP
        !           552: .BI \*(GT name
        !           553: .I Dot
        !           554: is assigned to the variable or register named.
        !           555: .TP
        !           556: .B !
        !           557: A shell is called to read the
        !           558: rest of the line following `!'.
        !           559: .TP
        !           560: .RI $ modifier
        !           561: Miscellaneous commands.
        !           562: The available 
        !           563: .I modifiers 
        !           564: are:
        !           565: .RS
        !           566: .TP
        !           567: .BI < f
        !           568: Read commands from the file
        !           569: .IR f .
        !           570: If this command is executed in a file, further commands
        !           571: in the file are not seen.
        !           572: If
        !           573: .I f
        !           574: is omitted, the current input stream is terminated.
        !           575: If a
        !           576: .I count
        !           577: is given, and is zero, the command will be ignored.
        !           578: The value of the count will be placed in variable
        !           579: .I 9
        !           580: before the first command in
        !           581: .I f
        !           582: is executed.
        !           583: .br
        !           584: .ns
        !           585: .TP
        !           586: .BI << f
        !           587: Similar to
        !           588: .B <
        !           589: except it can be used in a file of commands without
        !           590: causing the file to be closed.
        !           591: Variable
        !           592: .I 9
        !           593: is saved during the execution of this command, and restored
        !           594: when it completes.
        !           595: There is a (small) finite limit to the number of
        !           596: .B <<
        !           597: files that can be open at once.
        !           598: .br
        !           599: .ns
        !           600: .TP
        !           601: .BI > f
        !           602: Append output to the file
        !           603: .IR f ,
        !           604: which is created if it does not exist.
        !           605: If
        !           606: .I f
        !           607: is omitted, output is returned to the terminal.
        !           608: .br
        !           609: .ns
        !           610: .TP
        !           611: .B ?
        !           612: Print process id, the signal which caused stopping or termination,
        !           613: as well as the registers.
        !           614: This is the default if
        !           615: \fImodifier\fR is omitted.
        !           616: .br
        !           617: .ns
        !           618: .TP
        !           619: .B r
        !           620: Print the general registers and
        !           621: the instruction addressed by
        !           622: .BR pc .
        !           623: .I Dot
        !           624: is set to \fBpc\fR.
        !           625: .br
        !           626: .ns
        !           627: .TP
        !           628: .B b
        !           629: Print all breakpoints
        !           630: and their associated counts and commands.
        !           631: .br
        !           632: .ns
        !           633: .TP
        !           634: .B c
        !           635: C stack backtrace.
        !           636: If
        !           637: .I address
        !           638: is given then it is taken as the
        !           639: address of the current frame (instead of
        !           640: .BR ap ).
        !           641: If
        !           642: .B C 
        !           643: is used then the names and (16 bit) values of all automatic
        !           644: and static variables are printed for each active function.
        !           645: If
        !           646: .I count
        !           647: is given then only the first
        !           648: .I count
        !           649: frames are printed.
        !           650: .br
        !           651: .ns
        !           652: .TP
        !           653: .B d
        !           654: Set the default radix to
        !           655: .I address
        !           656: and report the new value.
        !           657: Note that
        !           658: .I address
        !           659: is interpreted in the (old) current radix.
        !           660: Thus `10$d' never changes the default radix.
        !           661: To make decimal the default radix, use `0t10$d'.
        !           662: .br
        !           663: .ns
        !           664: .TP
        !           665: .B e
        !           666: The names and values of
        !           667: external variables are printed.
        !           668: .br
        !           669: .ns
        !           670: .TP
        !           671: .B w
        !           672: Set the page width for output to
        !           673: .I address
        !           674: (default 80).
        !           675: .br
        !           676: .ns
        !           677: .TP
        !           678: .B s
        !           679: Set the limit for symbol matches to
        !           680: .I address
        !           681: (default 255).
        !           682: .br
        !           683: .ns
        !           684: .TP
        !           685: .B o
        !           686: All integers input are regarded as octal.
        !           687: .br
        !           688: .ns
        !           689: .TP
        !           690: .B d
        !           691: Reset integer input as described in
        !           692: .SM EXPRESSIONS.
        !           693: .br
        !           694: .ns
        !           695: .TP
        !           696: .B q
        !           697: Exit from
        !           698: .IR adb .
        !           699: .br
        !           700: .ns
        !           701: .TP
        !           702: .B v
        !           703: Print all non zero variables in octal.
        !           704: .br
        !           705: .ns
        !           706: .TP
        !           707: .B m
        !           708: Print the address map.
        !           709: .RE
        !           710: .TP
        !           711: .BI : modifier
        !           712: Manage a subprocess.
        !           713: Available modifiers are:
        !           714: .RS
        !           715: .TP
        !           716: .BI b c
        !           717: Set breakpoint at
        !           718: .IR address .
        !           719: The breakpoint is executed
        !           720: .IR count \-1
        !           721: times before
        !           722: causing a stop.
        !           723: Each time the breakpoint is encountered
        !           724: the command
        !           725: .I c
        !           726: is executed.
        !           727: If this command is omitted or sets
        !           728: .I dot
        !           729: to zero
        !           730: then the breakpoint causes a stop.
        !           731: .TP
        !           732: .B d
        !           733: Delete breakpoint at
        !           734: .IR address .
        !           735: .TP
        !           736: .B r
        !           737: Run
        !           738: .I objfil
        !           739: as a subprocess.
        !           740: If
        !           741: .I address
        !           742: is given explicitly then the
        !           743: program is entered at this point; otherwise
        !           744: the program is entered at its standard entry point.
        !           745: .I count
        !           746: specifies how many breakpoints are to be
        !           747: ignored before stopping.
        !           748: Arguments to the subprocess may be supplied on the
        !           749: same line as the command.
        !           750: An argument starting with < or > causes the standard
        !           751: input or output to be established for the command.
        !           752: All signals are turned on on entry to the subprocess.
        !           753: .TP
        !           754: .BI c s
        !           755: The subprocess is continued
        !           756: with signal
        !           757: .I s,
        !           758: see
        !           759: .IR signal (2).
        !           760: If
        !           761: .I address
        !           762: is given then the subprocess
        !           763: is continued at this address.
        !           764: If no signal is specified then the signal
        !           765: that caused the subprocess to stop is sent.
        !           766: Breakpoint skipping is the same
        !           767: as for
        !           768: .BR r .
        !           769: .TP
        !           770: .BI s s
        !           771: As for
        !           772: .B c 
        !           773: except that
        !           774: the subprocess is single stepped
        !           775: .I count
        !           776: times.
        !           777: If there is no current subprocess then
        !           778: .I objfil
        !           779: is run
        !           780: as a subprocess as for
        !           781: .BR r .
        !           782: In this case no signal can be sent; the remainder of the line
        !           783: is treated as arguments to the subprocess.
        !           784: .TP
        !           785: .B k
        !           786: The current subprocess, if any, is terminated.
        !           787: .RE
        !           788: .SH VARIABLES
        !           789: .I Adb
        !           790: provides a number of variables.
        !           791: Named variables are set initially by
        !           792: .I  adb
        !           793: but are not used subsequently.
        !           794: Numbered variables are reserved for communication
        !           795: as follows.
        !           796: .TP
        !           797: 0
        !           798: The last value printed.
        !           799: .br
        !           800: .ns
        !           801: .TP
        !           802: 1
        !           803: The last offset part of an instruction source.
        !           804: .br
        !           805: .ns
        !           806: .TP
        !           807: 2
        !           808: The previous value of variable 1.
        !           809: .br
        !           810: .ns
        !           811: .TP
        !           812: 9
        !           813: The count on the last $< or $<< command.
        !           814: .PP
        !           815: On entry the following are set
        !           816: from the system header in the
        !           817: .IR corfil .
        !           818: If
        !           819: .I corfil
        !           820: does not appear to be a
        !           821: .B core 
        !           822: file then
        !           823: these values are set from
        !           824: .IR objfil .
        !           825: .TP
        !           826: b
        !           827: The base address of the data segment.
        !           828: .br
        !           829: .ns
        !           830: .TP
        !           831: d
        !           832: The data segment size.
        !           833: .br
        !           834: .ns
        !           835: .TP
        !           836: e
        !           837: The entry point.
        !           838: .br
        !           839: .ns
        !           840: .TP
        !           841: m
        !           842: The `magic' number (0407, 0410 or 0413).
        !           843: .br
        !           844: .ns
        !           845: .TP
        !           846: s
        !           847: The stack segment size.
        !           848: .br
        !           849: .ns
        !           850: .TP
        !           851: t
        !           852: The text segment size.
        !           853: .SH ADDRESSES
        !           854: The address in a file associated with
        !           855: a written address is determined by a mapping
        !           856: associated with that file.
        !           857: Each mapping is represented by two triples
        !           858: .RI ( "b1, e1, f1" )
        !           859: and
        !           860: .RI ( "b2, e2, f2" )
        !           861: and the
        !           862: .I file address
        !           863: corresponding to a written
        !           864: .I address
        !           865: is calculated as follows.
        !           866: .PP
        !           867: .if t .ti 1.5i
        !           868: .if n .ti 8
        !           869: .IR b1 \*(LE address < e1
        !           870: \*(IM
        !           871: .IR "file address" = address + f1\-b1,
        !           872: otherwise,
        !           873: .PP
        !           874: .if t .ti 1.5i
        !           875: .if n .ti 8
        !           876: .IR b2 \*(LE address < e2
        !           877: \*(IM
        !           878: .IR "file address" = address + f2\-b2,
        !           879: .PP
        !           880: otherwise, the requested
        !           881: .I address
        !           882: is not legal.
        !           883: In some cases (e.g. for programs with separated I and D
        !           884: space) the two segments for a file may overlap.
        !           885: If a
        !           886: .B ? 
        !           887: or
        !           888: .B / 
        !           889: is followed by an
        !           890: .B \*(ST 
        !           891: then only the second
        !           892: triple is used.
        !           893: .PP
        !           894: The initial setting of both mappings is suitable for
        !           895: normal object and core 
        !           896: files.
        !           897: If either file is not of the kind expected then, for that file,
        !           898: .I b1
        !           899: is set to 0,
        !           900: .I e1
        !           901: is set to
        !           902: the maximum file size
        !           903: and
        !           904: .I f1
        !           905: is set to 0; in this way the whole
        !           906: file can be examined with no address translation.
        !           907: .PP
        !           908: So that
        !           909: .I adb
        !           910: may be used on large files
        !           911: all appropriate values are kept as signed 32 bit integers.
        !           912: .SH FILES
        !           913: a.out
        !           914: .br
        !           915: core
        !           916: .br
        !           917: /usr/lib/adb/*  parameter files
        !           918: .SH SEE\ ALSO
        !           919: pi(9.1),
        !           920: sdb(1),
        !           921: ptrace(2),
        !           922: a.out(5),
        !           923: core(5)
        !           924: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !           925: `Adb' when there is no current command or format.
        !           926: Comments about inaccessible files, syntax errors,
        !           927: abnormal termination of commands, etc.
        !           928: Exit status is 0, unless last command failed or
        !           929: returned nonzero status.
        !           930: .SH BUGS
        !           931: Local variable names don't work; use
        !           932: .IR pi (9.1)
        !           933: or
        !           934: .IR sdb (1).

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