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Batch file for switching to/from PDK Debugger

Posted by troyt on 2006-07-06 10:06
OS: Windows | Product: Perl Dev Kit | tags: debugger environment
Question: 

How can I quickly switch between using the PDK Debugger and the command
line debugger?

Answer: 

Here is a batch file for manipulating the relevant environment variables:

@ECHO OFF
SET MODE=%1

IF "%MODE%" == "PDK" GOTO PDK
IF "%MODE%" == "CLI" GOTO CLI
ECHO "no valid input? usage: DBSET "
ECHO "possible modes PDK or CLI"
GOTO END

:PDK
SET PERL5LIB=C:\Program Files\ActiveState Perl Dev Kit 6.0\lib\
SET PERL5DB=
GOTO REPORT

:CLI
SET PERL5LIB=""
SET PERL5DB=BEGIN { require 'perl5db.pl'; }
GOTO REPORT

:REPORT
ECHO Debugger mode set to %MODE%

:END

Copy the code into a file called DBSET.BAT, and move it into a directory in your PATH (e.g. C:\Perl\bin).

To use perl's regular command line debugger:

C:\> DBSET CLI

To use the PDK Debugger:

C:\> DBSET PDK