Re: Perl debugging

On 29 Sep 2005 09:26:17 -0700, aizenman@xxxxxxxxx <aizenman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ah, one more question. Is there any way that I can tell the debugger
> to break at a certain point in a different file than the one I start
> in? I.e.
>
> DB<3> b foo.pm:23
> Subroutine main::foo not found.

I'm no debugger expert, but you could always use 'f' to select the
"current file", then 'b' to set the breakpoint.

DB<3> f Foo.pm
DB<4> b 23

Or if you just want to break when a certain sub within Foo is called
(assuming Foo.pm contains package Foo):

DB<5> b Foo::mysub



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