Intel® Debugger Documentation

The following table lists the documentation included with the Intel® Debugger.

Document

Description

Getting Started with the Intel® Debugger

Includes Intel® Debugger specific information about:

  • Building the sample code
  • Starting the debugger
  • Displaying the source file
  • Running an application
  • Setting and deleting a breakpoint
  • Exiting the debugger.

Intel® Debugger Online Help

Contains detailed descriptions of all Intel® Debugger functions and interfaces. Includes:

Configuring the debugger

  • Preparing programs for debugging
  • Running applications
  • Locating problems
  • Examining code, data, and process information
  • Debugging parallel applications
  • Giving commands to the debugger
  • Using the debugger on the command line
  • Debugger command reference.

The Intel® Debugger Online Help can also be accessed via the Help menu of the debugger or by clicking the Help button of specific dialog boxes.

Additional documentation

The Intel® Debugger includes man page information. After setting the environment variables, which can be done by sourcing the compiler environment script, you can invoke the man pages with:

man idb

Read a summary of debugger options from the command line by invoking the debugger with the -help option.

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