Saving Action Points to a File
You can save a program’s action points to a file. TotalView then uses this information to reset these points when you restart the program. When you save action points, TotalView creates a file named program_name.TVD.v3breakpoints, where program_name is the name of your program.
NOTE >> TotalView does not save watchpoints because memory addresses can change radically every time you restart TotalView and your program.
Use the
Action Point > Save All command to save your action points to a file. TotalView places the action points file in the same directory as your program. In contrast, the
Action Point > Save As command lets you name the file to which TotalView saves this information.
If you’re using a preference to automatically save breakpoints, TotalView automatically saves action points to a file. Alternatively, starting TotalView with the
-sb option (see “
TotalView Command Syntax” in the
TotalView Reference Guide) also tells TotalView to save your breakpoints.
At any time, you can restore saved action points if you use the
Action Points > Load All command. After invoking this command, TotalView displays a File Explorer Window that you can use to navigate to or name the saved file.
CLI: dactions -load filename |
You control automatic saving and loading by setting preferences. (See File > Preferences in the online Help for more information.)