Bryan's RPG IV Journal
Debugging a Batch Job
Q. Your "RPG for RPG Programmers" presentation covered the ILE debugger for interactive jobs. But I need to debug a batch program. Do I need a different debugger?
A. No. You can use the same ILE debugger to debug interactive or batch jobs, written in ILE or OPM languages. But there are a few extra steps to get the debugger started. Here's a cheat sheet:
A. No. You can use the same ILE debugger to debug interactive or batch jobs, written in ILE or OPM languages. But there are a few extra steps to get the debugger started. Here's a cheat sheet:
- SBMJOB ... HOLD(*YES)
- STRSRVJOB JOB(jobnbr/user/jobnam)
- STRDBG
- When source is displayed, press F12
- RLSJOB JOB(jobnbr/user/jobnam)
- When Start Serviced Job display appears, press F10
- When command entry display is shown, DSPMODSRC
- When source is displayed, set a breakpoint, then press F12
- When command entry display is shown, press F12
- When Start Serviced Job display reappears, press Enter
- Program will stop at breakpoint, and can be debugged interactively
- After serviced job ends
- ENDDBG
- ENDSRVJOB
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