A Few CLI/Tcl Macros
You can use the CLI in two ways--and, of course, you can combine these two ways. The first is as a command-line debugger that works with the TotalView Graphical User Interface (GUI) debugger. The second is as a debugging programming language that allows you to add your own commands and functions.
This chapter contains a few macros that show how the CLI programmatically interacts with your program and with TotalView. Reading a few examples without bothering too much with details will give you an appreciation for what the CLI can do and how it is used. As you will see, you really need to have a basic knowledge of Tcl before you can make full use of all CLI features.
The chapter presents the following macros:
