Category
Pragma equivalent
None.
Purpose
Generates debug information for use by a symbolic debugger.
Defaults
Not applicable.
Usage
Specifying -g will turn off all inlining unless you explicitly request it with an optimization option.
To specify that source files used with -g are referred to by either their absolute or their relative path name, use the -qfullpath option.
You can also use the -qlinedebug option to produce abbreviated debugging information in a smaller object size.
Predefined macros
None.
Examples
To compile myprogram.c to
produce an executable program testing so you can
debug it, enter:
xlc myprogram.c -o testing -g