Catching signals and PL/I conditions using environment variables

You can catch signals and conditions by using the Add an event breakpoint menu () on the Breakpoints tab or by using environment variables.

The following environment variables can be used to catch, catch but ignore, or not catch altogether:

CODEWATCH_SIGNALS_CATCH: Specifies that signals should be caught and turns on notifications.

CODEWATCH_SIGNALS_NCATCH: Specifies that signals should not be caught in the debugger.

CODEWATCH_SIGNALS_IGNORE: Specifies that signals should be caught and turns off notifications.

CODEWATCH_CONDITIONS_CATCH: Specifies the conditions that should be caught and turns on notifications.

CODEWATCH_CONDITIONS_NCATCH: Specifies that conditions should not be caught in the debugger.

Multiple values for a given variable should be separated by a comma.

Examples

set CODEWATCH_SIGNALS_CATCH=11

In this example, CODEWATCH_SIGNALS_CATCH specifies that the signal SIGSEGV(represented by the number 11) should be caught.

set CODEWATCH_CONDITIONS_CATCH=ERROR,ENDFILE

In this example, CODEWATCH_CONDITIONS_CATCH specifies that the conditions ERROR and ENDFILE should be caught.