Deactivates a breakpoint, which you can later activate.
Format
DEACTIVATE BREAK [address-expression[, . . . ]]
1 – Parameters
address-expression
Specifies a breakpoint to be deactivated. Do not use the asterisk
(*) wildcard character. Instead, use the /ALL qualifier. Do not
specify an address expression when using any qualifiers except
/EVENT, /PREDEFINED, or /USER.
2 – Qualifiers
2.1 /ACTIVATING
Deactivates a breakpoint established by a previous SET
BREAK/ACTIVATING command.
2.2 /ALL
By default, deactivates all user-defined breakpoints. When used
with /PREDEFINED, deactivates all predefined breakpoints but
no user-defined breakpoints. To deactivate all breakpoints, use
/ALL/USER/PREDEFINED.
2.3 /BRANCH
Deactivates a breakpoint established by a previous SET
BREAK/BRANCH command.
2.4 /CALL
Deactivates a breakpoint established by a previous SET BREAK/CALL
command.
2.5 /EVENT
/EVENT=event-name
Deactivates a breakpoint established by a previous SET
BREAK/EVENT=event-name command. Specify the event name (and
address expression, if any) exactly as specified with the SET
BREAK/EVENT command.
To identify the current event facility and the associated event
names, use the SHOW EVENT_FACILITY command.
2.6 /EXCEPTION
Deactivates a breakpoint established by a previous SET
BREAK/EXCEPTION command.
2.7 /HANDLER
Deactivates a breakpoint established by a previous SET
BREAK/HANDLER command.
2.8 /INSTRUCTION
Deactivates a breakpoint established by a previous SET
BREAK/INSTRUCTION command.
2.9 /LINE
Deactivates a breakpoint established by a previous SET BREAK/LINE
command.
2.10 /PREDEFINED
Deactivates a specified predefined breakpoint without affecting
any user-defined breakpoints. When used with /ALL, deactivates
all predefined breakpoints.
2.11 /SYSEMULATE
(Alpha only) Deactivates a breakpoint established by a previous
SET BREAK/SYSEMULATE command.
2.12 /TERMINATING
Deactivates a breakpoint established by a previous SET
BREAK/TERMINATING command.
2.13 /UNALIGNED_DATA
(Alpha only) Deactivates a breakpoint established by a previous
SET BREAK/UNALIGNED_DATA command.
2.14 /USER
Deactivates a specified user-defined breakpoint. To deactivate
all user-defined breakpoints, use the /ALL qualifier.
3 – Description
User-defined breakpoints are activated when you set them with
the SET BREAK command. Predefined breakpoints are activated by
default. Use the DEACTIVATE BREAK command to deactivate one or
more breakpoints.
If you deactivate a breakpoint, the debugger ignores the
breakpoint during program execution. To activate a deactivated
breakpoint, use the ACTIVATE BREAK command. You can activate and
deactivate user-defined and predefined breakpoints separately.
Activating and deactivating breakpoints enables you to run and
rerun your program with or without breakpoints without having to
cancel and then reset them. By default, the RERUN command saves
the current state of all breakpoints (activated or deactivated).
To check if a breakpoint is deactivated, use the SHOW BREAK
command.
Related commands:
CANCEL ALL
RERUN
(SET,SHOW,CANCEL,ACTIVATE) BREAK
(SET,SHOW) EVENT_FACILITY
4 – Examples
1.DBG> DEACTIVATE BREAK MAIN\LOOP+10
This command deactivates the user-defined breakpoint set at the
address expression MAIN\LOOP+10.
2.DBG> DEACTIVATE BREAK/ALL
This command deactivates all user-defined breakpoints.