Texas Instruments TMS320C6 Series, User Manual

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Invoking the Debugger
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1.5 Invoking the Debugger
Enter the following command on the command-line to invoke the standalone
debugger:
sim6x [
filename]
[
–options]
sim6x invokes the debugger.
filename an optional parameter that names an object file that the debug-
ger loads into memory during invocation. The debugger looks
for the file in the current directory; if the file isn’t in the current
directory, you must supply the entire pathname. If you don’t
supply an extension for the filename, the debugger assumes
that the extension is .out.
–options supply the debugger with additional information.
Table 1–1 lists the debugger options that you can use when invoking a debug-
ger, and the subsections that follow the table describe these options. You can
also specify filename and option information with the D_OPTIONS environ-
ment variable (see
Setting up the environment variables in your installation
guide).
Table 1–1. Summary of Debugger Options
Option Brief Description
–b Select a preset screen size (80 characters by 40 lines)
–bb Select a slightly larger preset screen size (80 characters by
50 lines)
–c Clear the .bss section
–d machinename Display the debugger on different machine (X Window
System

only)
–i pathname Identify additional directories
–min Select the minimal debugging mode
–o Enable C I/O
–profile Enter the profiling environment
–s Load the symbol table only
–t filename Identify a new initialization file
–v Load without the symbol table
–x Ignore D_OPTIONS