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208 MS-DOS User's Reference
Starting Debug
Method 1
How to Start Debug
Debug may be started two ways. By the first method, you type all
commands in response to the debug prompt (a hyphen). By the
second method, you type all commands on the line used to start
debug.
Method 1:
Method 2:
debug
debug [filename [arglist]]
Method 1: Debug
To start debug using method 1, simply type the following:
debug
Debug responds with the hyphen (-) prompt, signaling that it is
ready to accept your commands. Since you didn't specify a file
name, you can use other commands to work on current memory,
disk sectors, or disk files.
Warnings
■ When debug (version 2.0) is started, it sets up a program
header at offset 0 in the program work area. In previous ver
sions of debug, you could overwrite this header. You can still
overwrite the default header if you don't give a filename to
debug. If you are debugging a .com or .exe file, however, do
not tamper with the program header below address 5CH, or
debug will terminate.
■ Do not restart a program after the following message is
displayed:
Program terminated normally
You must reload the program with the N (name) and L (load)
commands for it to run properly.
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