The DUMP command displays the contents of memory, including
registers, variables, and arrays. The DUMP command formats its
output in a manner similar to the DCL command DUMP. The debugger
DUMP command makes no attempt to interpret the structure of
aggregates.
In general, when you enter a DUMP command, the debugger evaluates
address-expression1 to yield a program location. The debugger
then displays the entity stored at that location as follows:
o If the entity has a symbolic name, the debugger uses the size
of the entity to determine the address range to display.
o If the entity does not have a symbolic name (and, therefore,
no associated compiler-generated type) the debugger
displays address-expression1 through address-expression2 (if
specified).
In either case, the DUMP command displays the contents of these
locations as longword (by default) integer values in the current
radix.
The default radix for display is decimal for most languages. The
exceptions are BLISS and MACRO, which have a default radix of
hexadecimal.
Use one of the four radix qualifiers (/BINARY, /DECIMAL,
/HEXADECIMAL, /OCTAL) to display data in another radix. You can
also use the SET RADIX and SET RADIX/OVERRIDE commands to change
the default radix.
Use one of the size qualifiers (/BYTE, /WORD, /LONGWORD,
/QUADWORD) to change the format of the display.
The DUMP command sets the current entity built-in symbols %CURLOC
and period (.) to the location denoted by the address expression
specified. Logical predecessors (%PREVLOC or the circumflex
character (^)) and successors (%NEXTLOC) are based on the value
of the current entity.
Related command:
EXAMINE