/DEBUG[=debug-file] /NODEBUG (default) Determines whether you run a DECTPU debug file to test procedures for an application you are creating. DECTPU compiles, and executes the debug file---before executing TPU$INIT_PROCEDURE. Using /DEBUG without specifying a debug file runs the default DECTPU debugger---TPU$DEBUG.TPU, which provides commands to manipulate variables and to control program execution. To start editing the code in the file you are debugging, use the GO command. For more information about the debugger, read the comments in the TPU$DEBUG.TPU source file in SYSSHARE, or see the DEC Text Processing Utility Reference Manual or use the online help in EVE as follows: Command: HELP TPU Debugger There are two ways to specify a debug file of your own: o Define the TPU$DEBUG logical name to specify the debug file, and then use EDIT/TPU/DEBUG. Defining the logical name does NOT by itself run the debugger when you invoke DECTPU. It only specifies which debug file is run when you use /DEBUG. You can put the definition in your LOGIN.COM file. o Use /DEBUG= and specify the debug file on the command line. For example, the following command edits a file named MYPROCS.TPU, using a debug file named MYDEBUG.TPU: $ EDIT/TPU myprocs.tpu /DEBUG=mydebug DECTPU assumes the debug file is in SYSSHARE. If your debug file is stored elsewhere, specify the device (disk) and directory of that file. You cannot use wildcards to specify the debug file. You can use only one debug file at a time. Default file type is .TPU.