Using Command Arguments
The default command arguments for a process are stored in the
ARGS(
num) variable, where
num is the CLI ID for the process. If you don’t set the
ARGS(
num) variable for a process, the CLI uses the value stored in the
ARGS_DEFAULT variable. TotalView sets the
ARGS_DEFAULT variable when you use the
-a option when starting the CLI or the GUI.
The
-a option tells TotalView to pass everything that follows on the command line to the program.
For example:
totalviewcli -a argument-1, argument-2, ...
To set (or clear) the default arguments for a process, you can use the
dset (or
dunset) command to modify the
ARGS() variables directly, or you can start the process with the
drun command. For example, the following clears the default argument list for process 2:
dunset ARGS(2)
The next time process 2 is started, the CLI uses the arguments contained in ARGS_DEFAULT.
You can also use the
dunset command to clear the
ARGS_DEFAULT variable; for example:
dunset ARGS_DEFAULT
All commands (except the
drun command) that can create a process—including the
dgo,
drerun,
dcont,
dstep, and
dnext commands—pass the default arguments to the new process. The
drun command differs in that it replaces the default arguments for the process with the arguments that are passed to it.