From e4f805da73437c3a7db0362d3592056bd6df47a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@nokia.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:52:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Doc - using debugger from command line
Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-2432
Reviewed-by: hjk
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\gui {Interrupt}. The program is automatically interrupted as soon as a
breakpoint is hit.
+ \section2 Starting the Debugger from the Command Line
+
+ You can use the Qt Creator debugger interface from the command line. To
+ attach it to a running process, specify the process ID as a parameter for
+ the \c {-debug} option. To examine a core file, specify the file name.
+ Qt Creator executes all the necessary steps, such as searching for
+ the binary that belongs to a core file.
+
+ For example:
+
+ \list
+
+ \o \c {C:\qtcreator-2.1\bin>qtcreator -debug 2000}
+
+ \o \c {C:\qtcreator-2.1\bin>qtcreator -debug core.2000}
+
+ \endlist
+
+ For more information, see \l{Using Command Line Options}.
+
+ \section1 Using the Debugger
+
Once the program stops, Qt Creator:
\list
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