John Levon wrote: > You know what I'm going to say ... file RFEs (but please not 'make MDB like > scat'). It's unfortunate that we have some divided effort on two tools that do > essentially the same thing. 'mdb' is what's shipped with Solaris and we really > should try and look at making it so that more people can use it easily. > > mdb can be quite unfriendly until you get used to it. What might help most of > all, perhaps, is more documentation: hints and tips, etc. > > regards, > john > You are right, I did know what you were going to say. But Kevin has an important point too. I am not a kernel engineer, and I have specifically tried many times to use mdb and not use scat. I see the word "modular" right in the name. I should be able to extend it pretty easily, I should think. And maybe it has the capability, but I certainly have not found anything to explain how to do it. Having multiple levels of commands with their own help commands makes finding what you need problematic at best.
The command language is arcane, and seems to be lacking in essential control structures. I may be wrong about this too, but I would have to say that I am very sympathetic towards mdb, I am a member of this community, after all. And for all of my attempts and interest, I still am at a loss with mdb. Any pointers to docs that I have failed to uncover would be appreciated. Brian.
