To launch a debug session, you start the client on your workstation followed by
the debug engine on the server with the parameters
for connecting your workstation. For information about debug engine parameters, see the related
topic about starting the debugger engine.
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To launch a debug session from the server that connects to a workstation
with a running debug client (for example Rational Developer for Power Systems Software)
issue irmtdbgc -qhost=host:port debuggee_name [debuggee parms]
on the server.
For more information about the syntax of the irmtdbgc command,
including advanced parameters, see the related topic about starting
the debugger engine.
When you launch a debug session, the debug
engine finds the source for the application. The engine will issue
a warning if the source does not match the executable that you are
debugging.
Tip: - You can attach to a running process instead of loading a program
by using the -a debug engine parameter (for example,
by issuing irmtdbgc -qhost=host:port -a xxxx,
where xxxx may be a process identifier or, if the
name of the application is unique, the name of the process).
- On AIX®,
you can debug a core file in the same way as a regular executable:
irmtdbgc -qhost=host:port core
- You can set the DER_DBG_ADDR=host:port environment
variable to set the default location of the user interface. For information
about debug engine environment variables, see the related topic.