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System Debug Reference Manual

SAT Restrictions 

The following System Debug commands cannot be used in SAT:

 :                 Call the MPE XL command interpreter.
 ABORT             Abort the process.
 B                 All forms of the Break command.
 BD                Breakpoint Delete.
 BL                Breakpoint List.
 CLOSEDUMP         Close a dump file.
 C[ONTINUE]        Continue.
 DATAB             Data Breakpoint.
 DATABD            Data Breakpoint Delete.
 DATABL            Data Breakpoint List.
 DEBUG             Invoke debug.
 DUMPINFO          Display dump file information.
 F                 All forms of the Freeze command.
 FINDPROC          Dynamically load NL library procedure.
 FT                Format type.
 FV                Format virtual.
 GETDUMP           Read in a dump tape to create a dump file.
 KILL              Kill a process.
 LIST              Create list files.
 LOADINFO          Display currently loaded program/libraries.
 LOADPROC          Dynamically load CM library procedure.
 LOG               Create log files.
 M                 Most forms of the Modify command.
                     (MSEC, MV, MZ are supported).
 MAP               Map a file into virtual memory.
 MAPL              List mapped files.
 NMCALL            Dynamically invoke the specified routine.
 OPENDUMP          Open a dump file.
 PAUSE             Sleep for a bit.
 PURGEDUMP         Purge a dump file.
 REGLIST           List registers to a file.
 RESTORE           Restore macros/variables from a binary file.
 S[S]              Single Step.
 STORE             Store macros/variables to a binary file.
 TERM              Terminal Semaphore control.
 TRAP              Arm/Disarm/List Traps.
 TX@               All text window commands.
 UF                All forms of the UnFreeze command.
 UNMAP             Unmap a mapped file.
 USE               Read command from a file.
 XL                Map in an alternate file of procedure names.
 XLD               Remove an alternate file of procedure names.
 XLL               List all files currently loaded by the XL command.

SAT Limitations 

The following functions are different in SAT:

 *  The symbolic access functions are not available.

 *  Only SL.PUB.SYS CM symbols are accessible.

 *  For standard functions nmaddr and nmfile, only addresses contained in
    the system library will succeed.

 *  For standard function strmax, SAT strings are limited to 1024
    characters.

 *  No operation that involves the file system, such as use files, list,
    or log files is allowed, since the file system is not available in a
    standalone environment.

 *  The EXIT and C[ONTINUE] command returns control to ISL. However, the
    EXIT command has two additional parameters:

           EXIT [ISL Command] [ABORT]

The ISL command allows you to directly pass a command to ISL. For
example, typing EXIT START tells ISL to load the START pme.  The ABORT
option tells ISL to abort the AUTOBOOT sequence if it is enabled.

SAT Commands 

There are no additional commands for SAT.

SAT Specials 

Three Debug commands have been enabled for SAT. These commands are
provided so that repairs may be made to the machine state, system tables,
or other data structures.  The user must take care since these
modifications can be permanent (that is, disk changes).  The commands are
MV, MZ, and MSEC.



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