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WINEDBG(1)						      Wine Developers Manual							WINEDBG(1)

NAME
winedbg - Wine's debugger SYNOPSIS
winedbg [ options ] [ program name [ program arguments ] | pid ] winedbg --gdb [ options ] [ program name [ program arguments ] | pid ] winedbg --auto pid winedbg --minidump [ file.mdmp ] pid winedbg file.mdmp DESCRIPTION
winedbg is a debugger for Wine. It allows: + debugging native Win32 applications + debugging Winelib applications. + being a drop-in replacement for Dr Watson MODES
winedbg can be used in five modes. The first argument to the program determines the mode winedbg will run in. default Without any explicit mode, this is standard winedbg operating mode. winedbg will act as the front end for the user. --gdb winedbg will be used as a proxy for gdb. gdb will be the front end for command handling, and winedbg will proxy all debugging requests from gdb to the Win32 APIs. --auto This mode is used when winedbg is set up in AeDebug registry entry as the default debugger. winedbg will then display basic informa- tion about a crash. This is useful for users who don't want to debug a crash, but rather gather relevant information about the crash to be sent to developers. --minidump This mode is similar to the --auto one, except that instead of printing the information on the screen (as --auto does), it's saved into a minidump file. The name of the file is either passed on the command line, or generated by WineDbg when none is given. This file could later on be reloaded into winedbg for further examination. file.mdmp This mode allows to reload into winedbg the state of a debuggee which has been saved into a minidump file. See either the minidump command below, or the --minidump mode. OPTIONS
When in default mode, the following options are available: --command <string> winedbg will execute the command <string> as if it was keyed on winedbg's command line, and then will exit. This can be handy for getting the pid of running processes (winedbg --command "info proc"). --file <filename> winedbg will execute the list of commands contained in file <filename> as if they were keyed on winedbg's command line, and then will exit. When in gdb proxy mode, the following options are available: --no-start gdb will not be automatically started. Relevant information for starting gdb are printed on screen. This is somehow useful when not directly using gdb but some graphical front-ends, like ddd or kgbd. --with-xterm This will run gdb in its own xterm instead of using the current Unix console for textual display. In all modes, the rest of the command line, when passed, is used to identify which programs, if any, has to debugged: program name This is the name of an executable to start for a debugging session. winedbg will actually create a process with this executable. If programs arguments are also given, they will be used as arguments for creating the process to be debugged. pid winedbg will attach to the process which pid is pid (pids refer to Win32 pids, not Unix pids). Use the info proc winedbg command to list running processes and their Win32 pids. default If nothing is specified, you will enter the debugger without any run nor attached process. You'll have to do the job yourself. COMMANDS
Default mode, and while reloading a minidump file: Most of commands used in winedbg are similar to the ones from gdb. Please refer to the gdb documentations for some more details. See the gdb differences section later on to get a list of variations from gdb commands. Misc. commands abort Aborts the debugger. quit Exits the debugger. attach N Attach to a Wine-process (N is its ID, numeric or hexadecimal). IDs can be obtained using the info process command. Note the info process command returns hexadecimal values detach Detach from a Wine-process. Help commands help Prints some help on the commands. help info Prints some help on info commands Flow control commands cont Continue execution until next breakpoint or exception. pass Pass the exception event up to the filter chain. step Continue execution until next C line of code (enters function call) next Continue execution until next C line of code (doesn't enter function call) stepi Execute next assembly instruction (enters function call) nexti Execute next assembly instruction (doesn't enter function call) finish Execute until return of current function is reached. cont, step, next, stepi, nexti can be postfixed by a number (N), meaning that the command must be executed N times before control is returned to the user. Breakpoints, watchpoints enable N Enables (break|watch)-point #N disable Disables (break|watch)-point #N delete Deletes (break|watch)-point #N cond N Removes any existing condition to (break|watch)-point N cond N <expr> Adds condition <expr> to (break|watch)-point #N. <expr> will be evaluated each time the (break|watch)-point is hit. If the result is a zero value, the breakpoint isn't triggered. break * N Adds a breakpoint at address N break <id> Adds a breakpoint at the address of symbol <id> break <id> N Adds a breakpoint at the line N inside symbol <id>. break N Adds a breakpoint at line N of current source file. break Adds a breakpoint at current PC address. watch * N Adds a watch command (on write) at address N (on 4 bytes). watch <id> Adds a watch command (on write) at the address of symbol <id>. Size depends on size of <id>. info break Lists all (break|watch)-points (with their state). You can use the symbol EntryPoint to stand for the entry point of the Dll. When setting a (break|watch)-point by <id>, if the symbol cannot be found (for example, the symbol is contained in a not yet loaded mod- ule), winedbg will recall the name of the symbol and will try to set the breakpoint each time a new module is loaded (until it succeeds). Stack manipulation bt Print calling stack of current thread. bt N Print calling stack of thread of ID N. Note: this doesn't change the position of the current frame as manipulated by the up & dn commands). up Goes up one frame in current thread's stack up N Goes up N frames in current thread's stack dn Goes down one frame in current thread's stack dn N Goes down N frames in current thread's stack frame N Sets N as the current frame for current thread's stack. info locals Prints information on local variables for current function frame. Directory & source file manipulation show dir Prints the list of dir:s where source files are looked for. dir <pathname> Adds <pathname> to the list of dir:s where to look for source files dir Deletes the list of dir:s where to look for source files symbolfile <pathname> Loads external symbol definition symbolfile <pathname> symbolfile <pathname> N Loads external symbol definition symbolfile <pathname> (applying an offset of N to addresses) list Lists 10 source lines forwards from current position. list - Lists 10 source lines backwards from current position list N Lists 10 source lines from line #N in current file list <pathname>:N Lists 10 source lines from line #N in file <pathname> list <id> Lists 10 source lines of function <id> list * N Lists 10 source lines from address N You can specify the end target (to change the 10 lines value) using the ',' separator. For example: list 123, 234 lists source lines from line 123 up to line 234 in current file list foo.c:1,56 lists source lines from line 1 up to 56 in file foo.c Displaying A display is an expression that's evaluated and printed after the execution of any winedbg's command. display info display Lists the active displays display <expr> Adds a display for expression expr> display /fmt <expr> Adds a display for expression <expr>. Printing evaluated <expr> is done using the given format (see print command for more on for- mats) del display N undisplay N Deletes display #N Disassembly disas Disassemble from current position disas <expr> Disassemble from address <expr> disas <expr>,<expr> Disassembles code between addresses specified by the two <expr>:s Memory (reading, writing, typing) x <expr> Examines memory at <expr> address x /fmt <expr> Examines memory at <expr> address using format /fmt print <expr> Prints the value of <expr> (possibly using its type) print /fmt <expr> Prints the value of <expr> (possibly using its type) set <var> = <expr> Writes the value of <expr> in <var> variable. whatis <expr> Prints the C type of expression <expr> /fmt is either /<letter> or /<count><letter>. <letter> can be: s an ASCII string u a UTF16 Unicode string i instructions (disassemble) x 32 bit unsigned hexadecimal integer d 32 bit signed decimal integer w 16 bit unsigned hexadecimal integer c character (only printable 0x20-0x7f are actually printed) b 8 bit unsigned hexadecimal integer g Win32 GUID Expressions Expressions in Wine Debugger are mostly written in a C form. However, there are a few discrepancies: Identifiers can take a '!' in their names. This allows mainly to specify a module where to look the module from: USER32!CreateWin- dowExA. In cast operation, when specifying a structure or an union, you must use the struct or union key word (even if your program uses a typedef). When specifying an identifier <id>, if several symbols with this name exist, the debugger will prompt for the symbol you want to use. Pick up the one you want from its number. Misc. minidump file.mdmp saves the debugging context of the debuggee into a minidump file called file.mdmp Information on Wine's internals info class Lists all Windows' class registered in Wine info class <id> Prints information on Windows's class <id> info share Lists all the dynamic libraries loaded in the debugged program (including .so files, NE and PE DLLs) info share N Prints information on module at address N info regs Prints the value of the CPU registers info all-regs Prints the value of the CPU and Floating Point registers info segment Lists all allocated segments (i386 only) info segment N Prints information on segment N (i386 only) info stack Prints the values on top of the stack info map Lists all virtual mappings used by the debugged program info map N Lists all virtual mappings used by the program of pid N info wnd Displays the window hierarchy starting from the desktop window info wnd N Prints information of Window of handle N info process Lists all w-processes in Wine session info thread Lists all w-threads in Wine session info exception Lists the exception frames (starting from current stack frame) Debug messages can be turned on and off as you are debugging using the set command, but only for channels initialized with the WINEDEBUG environment variable. set warn + win Turns on warn on 'win' channel set + win Turns on warn/fixme/err/trace on 'win' channel set - win Turns off warn/fixme/err/trace on 'win' channel set fixme - all Turns off the 'fixme' class on all channels Gdb mode: See the gdb documentation for all the gdb commands. However, a few Wine's extension are available, through the monitor command: monitor wnd Lists all window in the Wine session monitor proc Lists all processes in the Wine session monitor mem Displays memory mapping of debugged process Auto and minidump modes: Since no user input is possible, no commands are available. ENVIRONMENT
WINE_GDB When used in gdb proxy mode, WINE_GDB specifies the name (and the path) of the executable to be used for gdb. "gdb" is used by default. FILES
No specific files are used (yet). BUGS
A lot. AUTHORS
The first version was written by Eric Youngdale. See Wine developer's list for the rest of contributors. SEE ALSO
winedbg's README file The Winelib User Guide The Wine Developers Guide Wine 1.2-rc6 October 2005 WINEDBG(1)
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