TotalView Command Line Interface

This document describes the TotalView® Command Line Interface (CLI). The CLI is a command-oriented debugger that can be used as a stand-alone product or it can be used along with the TotalView Graphical User Interface (GUI) debugger. Depending on your needs, you can view the CLI and TotalView debuggers as being either independent or complementary products. In most cases, the easiest way to debug programs is by using the TotalView GUI. However, there are circumstances when you need to do something not possible or practical using a GUI. For example, you may not want to interactively debug a program that takes days to execute.

The CLI debugger commands that you will execute are integrated within a Tcl interpreter. This combination removes the CLI from the realm of standard command-line debuggers in that you can add your own debugging commands, automate repetitive tasks, and even have the CLI run your program to a point where you are ready to begin debugging with the GUI. For example, you could ask the CLI to watch a memory location for changes and stop the program when a change occurs.