Debug tools

Debug tools are designed to help you detect errors early in your routine. IBM® offers Debug Tool, a comprehensive compile, edit, and debug product that is provided with the C/C++ for MVS/ESA, COBOL for OS/390 & VM, COBOL for MVS & VM, PL/I for MVS & VM, and VisualAge for Java compiler products. IBM Debug Tool for z/OS® is also available as a standalone product for debugging XL C/C++ applications. For more information on Debug Tool, see:

http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/debugtool/

You can use the IBM Debug Tool to examine, monitor, and control how your routines run, and debug your routines interactively or in batch mode. Debug Tool also provides facilities for setting breakpoints and altering the contents and values of variables. Language Environment runtime options can be used with Debug Tool to debug or analyze your routine. See the Debug Tool publications for a detailed explanation of how to invoke and run Debug Tool. For more information, see http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/debugtool/.

You can use IBM WebSphere® Developer Debugger for System z® to get a workstation graphical interface to IBM Debug Tool for z/OS. For more information, see the following URL:

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/debugtool/tools/wddsz/

You can also use dbx to debug Language Environment applications, including C/C++ programs. z/OS UNIX System Services Command Reference has information on dbx subcommands, while z/OS UNIX System Services Programming Tools contains usage information.