Linking C++ Programs with dbfork

Totalview® Reference Guide : PART III Platforms and Operating Systems : Chapter 9 Platforms and Compilers : Linking with the dbfork Library : dbfork on IBM AIX on RS/6000 Systems : Linking C++ Programs with dbfork

You cannot use the -bkeepfile binder option with the IBM xlC C++ compiler. The compiler passes all binder options to an additional pass called munch, which will not handle the -bkeepfile option.

To work around this problem, we have provided the C++ header file libdbfork.h. You must include this file somewhere in your C++ program. This forces the components of the dbfork library to be kept in your executable. The file libdbfork.h is included only with the RS/6000 version of TotalView. This means that if you are creating a program that will run on more than one platform, you should place the include within an #ifdef statement’s range. For example:

#ifdef _AIX
#include "/usr/totalview/include/libdbfork.h"
#endif
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
}

In this case, you would not use the -bkeepfile option and would instead link your program using one of the following options:

• /usr/totalview/include/libdbfork.a

• -L/usr/totalview/include -ldbfork