From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2006-09-15T04:32:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Rails->breakpointer->irb->debugger?

On 9/14/06, Geoff Davis <geoff@phds.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:56:04 -0500, Dan Bensen wrote:
>
> > How do you step through your Rails code from irb?  Can you drop into the
> > debugger, or do you have put in a zillion breakpoints? Is there a way to
> > add & delete breakpoints from irb, or do you have to set them all before
> > you request a page?
>
> Check out ruby-debug.

I finally got around to trying this, I'd installed the gem some time ago.

I tried it on a ruby script which takes parameters, but it doesn't
seem to work, the usage seems to indicate that you can give parameters
after the script name but rdebug seems to parse and choke on them
itself.

$ rdebug myscript -b 10
ruby-debug 0.4.1
Usage: rdebug [options] <script.rb> <script.rb parameters>

Options:
    -s, --server                     Listen for remote connections
    -w, --wait                       Wait for a client connection,
implies -s option
    -n, --nostop                     Do not stop when a client
connects, implies -s option
    -c, --client                     Connect to remote debugger
    -h, --host HOST                  Host name used for remote debugging
    -p, --port PORT                  Port used for remote debugging
        --script FILE                Name of the script file to run
        --cport PORT                 Port used for contol commands,
implies -s option

Common options:
        --help                       Show this message
    -v, --version                    Show version

invalid option: -b


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