petsc-3.6.4 2016-04-12
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PetscSetDebugTerminal

 Sets the terminal to use (instead of xterm) for debugging.

Synopsis

#include "petscsys.h"   
PetscErrorCode  PetscSetDebugTerminal(const char terminal[])
Not Collective

Input Parameters

Options Database Keys

-debug_terminal terminal - use this terminal instead of xterm

Notes

You can start the debugger for all processes in the same GNU screen session.

mpirun -n 4 ./myapp -start_in_debugger -debug_terminal "screen -X -S debug screen"

will open 4 windows in the session named "debug".

Fortran Note

This routine is not supported in Fortran.

See Also

PetscSetDebugger()

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Location:src/sys/error/adebug.c
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terminal - name of terminal and any flags required to execute a program. For example "xterm -e", "urxvt -e".