Re^2: perl debug options file

Great. Many thanks to you both!

update: hmm - not so fast alan

unfortunately 'source' doesn't seem to be supported by our version of perl (version 5.005_03 built for MSWin32-x86-object) ... will get newer perl to try

and using the .perldb example doesn't print "Reading ~/.perldb options" ... maybe will be fixed by newer perl?
(or perhaps .perldb should be in a different directory than the current working dir? will investigate, though 'perldebguts' isn't found by perldoc on my system either) ... onward!

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Re^3: perl debug options file by osunderdog (Deacon) on Oct 26, 2004 at 18:52 UTC
Well, you didn't tell me it was windows! ;) Details details. I don't think it's a perl version issue. Although I have slept since then, I do remember running this on perl 5.005. I think the debugger is having trouble finding the .perldb file. I tried putting the .perldb file in %HOME% with no luck. An alternative suggestion for you. If you are in a long debugging session (debug, tweak, debug...), you could add `$DB:single=1` at locations in your script that you're trying to debug. Then when you run perl with the -d option, the script will break right after the `$DB:single=1` line. Just an alternative. I don't have an answer for the .perldb issue. sorry *"Look, Shiny Things!"* is not a better business strategy than compatibility and reuse. OSUnderdog	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: perl debug options file by anadem (Scribe) on Oct 26, 2004 at 19:44 UTC
> Well, you didn't tell me it was windows! ;) sorry, I realised details were missing right after posting $DB:single=1 will do fine (yes, I'm in a tweaking loop) thanks again	[reply]
Re^4: perl debug options file by anadem (Scribe) on Oct 26, 2004 at 22:33 UTC
> Well, you didn't tell me it was windows! ;) sorry, I realised details were missing right after posting DB::single=1 will do fine - thanks for the tip (yes, I'm in a tweaking loop) thanks again	[reply]