Automatically "continue" script under the debugger

bsb has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

How do I automatically run "c" in the debugger?

I have a script which runs under the debugger (perl -d) and sets up a debugging env for me to play with interractively. Currently I run the program (./dbg) then type 'c' in the debugger to have it execute, leaving objects to play with. I'm sure there's some way to to this automatically but I couldn't find it.

This seemed promising, but I could get interaction back:

BEGIN { parse_options("NonStop=1"); }
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Thanks,

Brad
The script concerned (not really relevent):

#!/usr/bin/perl -dw
use lib './lib';
use MY::DBI;
{no warnings 'once';
$p = MY::Patient->retrieve(1);
$u = MY::User->retrieve(1);
}
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Soln: Automatically "continue" script under the debugger by bsb (Priest) on Jun 27, 2003 at 10:22 UTC
I worked it out, just switch back to stopping at the end: `#!/usr/bin/perl -w BEGIN { DB::parse_options("NonStop=1"); } # script here $a = [1,2,3]; DB::parse_options("NonStop=0");` [download] There are probably neater ways though. Demo: Read more... (776 Bytes)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Automatically "continue" script under the debugger by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 27, 2003 at 09:38 UTC
It's not entirely clear to me if this is the answer to your question, but I think that you may want to look into the use of the envirnment variable PERLDB_OPTS and or the use of an rc file: Quoting from perldebug The debugger has numerous options settable using the o command, either interactively or from the environment or an rc file. (./.perldb or ~/.perldb under Unix.) Is that what you wanted? Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." -Richard Buckminster Fuller	[reply]
Re: Re: Automatically "continue" script under the debugger by bsb (Priest) on Jun 27, 2003 at 09:54 UTC
Not quite. There doesn't seem to be an option to run the script at the start. I didn't know you could have a per-directory .perldb file. I was using the DB::parseoption sub instead. (I forgot the DB:: in my original post) With NonStop the script would load the debugger, run the script and exit (instead of dropping back to the debugger). I tried kill INT, $$; at the end of the script, to no avail: Read more... (1067 Bytes)	[reply] [d/l]