Defaultmode,andwhilereloadingaminidumpfile:
Most of commands used in winedbg are similar to the ones from gdb. Please refer to the gdb documentations
for some more details. See the gdbdifferences section later on to get a list of variations from gdb
commands.
Misc.commandsabort Aborts the debugger.
quit Exits the debugger.
attachN
Attach to a Wine process (N is its Windows ID, numeric or hexadecimal). IDs can be obtained using
the infoprocess command. Note the infoprocess command returns hexadecimal values
detach Detach from a Wine-process.
threadN
Change the current thread to N (its Windows TID, numeric or hexadecimal).
Helpcommandshelp Prints some help on the commands.
helpinfo
Prints some help on info commands
Flowcontrolcommandscont Continue execution until next breakpoint or exception.
pass Pass the exception event up to the filter chain.
step Continue execution until next C line of code (enters function call)
next Continue execution until next C line of code (doesn't enter function call)
stepi Execute next assembly instruction (enters function call)
nexti Execute next assembly instruction (doesn't enter function call)
finish Execute until return of current function is reached.
cont, step, next, stepi, nexti can be postfixed by a number (N), meaning that the command must be
executed N times before control is returned to the user.
Breakpoints,watchpointsenableN
Enables (break|watch)-point NdisableN
Disables (break|watch)-point NdeleteN
Deletes (break|watch)-point NcondN Removes any existing condition to (break|watch)-point NcondNexpr
Adds condition expr to (break|watch)-point N. expr will be evaluated each time the
(break|watch)-point is hit. If the result is a zero value, the breakpoint isn't triggered.
break*N
Adds a breakpoint at address Nbreakid
Adds a breakpoint at the address of symbol idbreakidN
Adds a breakpoint at the line N inside symbol id.
breakN
Adds a breakpoint at line N of current source file.
break Adds a breakpoint at current $PC address.
watch*N
Adds a watch command (on write) at address N (on 4 bytes).
watchid
Adds a watch command (on write) at the address of symbol id. Size depends on size of id.
rwatch*N
Adds a watch command (on read) at address N (on 4 bytes).
rwatchid
Adds a watch command (on read) at the address of symbol id. Size depends on size of id.
infobreak
Lists all (break|watch)-points (with their state).
You can use the symbol EntryPoint to stand for the entry point of the Dll.
When setting a (break|watch)-point by id, if the symbol cannot be found (for example, the symbol is
contained in a not yet loaded module), winedbg will recall the name of the symbol and will try to set the
breakpoint each time a new module is loaded (until it succeeds).
Stackmanipulationbt Print calling stack of current thread.
btN Print calling stack of thread of ID N. Note: this doesn't change the position of the current frame
as manipulated by the up & dn commands).
up Goes up one frame in current thread's stack
upN Goes up N frames in current thread's stack
dn Goes down one frame in current thread's stack
dnN Goes down N frames in current thread's stack
frameN
Sets N as the current frame for current thread's stack.
infolocals
Prints information on local variables for current function frame.
Directory&sourcefilemanipulationshowdir
Prints the list of dirs where source files are looked for.
dirpathname
Adds pathname to the list of dirs where to look for source files
dir Deletes the list of dirs where to look for source files
symbolfilepathname
Loads external symbol definition file pathnamesymbolfilepathnameN
Loads external symbol definition file pathname (applying an offset of N to addresses)
list Lists 10 source lines forwards from current position.
list- Lists 10 source lines backwards from current position
listN Lists 10 source lines from line N in current file
listpathname:N
Lists 10 source lines from line N in file pathnamelistid
Lists 10 source lines of function idlist*N
Lists 10 source lines from address N
You can specify the end target (to change the 10 lines value) using the ',' separator. For example:
list123,234
lists source lines from line 123 up to line 234 in current file
listfoo.c:1,56
lists source lines from line 1 up to 56 in file foo.c
Displaying
A display is an expression that's evaluated and printed after the execution of any winedbg command.
displayinfodisplay
Lists the active displays
displayexpr
Adds a display for expression exprdisplay/fmtexpr
Adds a display for expression expr. Printing evaluated expr is done using the given format (see
printcommand for more on formats)
deldisplayNundisplayN
Deletes display NDisassemblydisas Disassemble from current position
disasexpr
Disassemble from address exprdisasexpr,expr
Disassembles code between addresses specified by the two expressions
Memory(reading,writing,typing)xexpr Examines memory at address exprx/fmtexpr
Examines memory at address expr using format fmtprintexpr
Prints the value of expr (possibly using its type)
print/fmtexpr
Prints the value of expr (possibly using its type)
setvar=expr
Writes the value of expr in var variable
whatisexpr
Prints the C type of expression exprfmt is either letter or countletter, where letter can be:
s an ASCII string
u a UTF16 Unicode string
i instructions (disassemble)
x 32-bit unsigned hexadecimal integer
d 32-bit signed decimal integer
w 16-bit unsigned hexadecimal integer
c character (only printable 0x20-0x7f are actually printed)
b 8-bit unsigned hexadecimal integer
g Win32 GUID
Expressions
Expressions in Wine Debugger are mostly written in a C form. However, there are a few discrepancies:
Identifiers can take a '!' in their names. This allows mainly to specify a module where to look the
ID from, e.g. USER32!CreateWindowExA.
In a cast operation, when specifying a structure or a union, you must use the struct or union keyword
(even if your program uses a typedef).
When specifying an identifier, if several symbols with this name exist, the debugger will prompt for the
symbol you want to use. Pick up the one you want from its number.
Misc.minidumpfile.mdmp saves the debugging context of the debuggee into a minidump file called file.mdmp.
InformationonWineinternalsinfoclass
Lists all Windows classes registered in Wine
infoclassid
Prints information on Windows class idinfoshare
Lists all the dynamic libraries loaded in the debugged program (including .so files, NE and PE
DLLs)
infoshareN
Prints information on module at address Ninforegs
Prints the value of the CPU registers
infoall-regs
Prints the value of the CPU and Floating Point registers
infosegment
Lists all allocated segments (i386 only)
infosegmentN
Prints information on segment N (i386 only)
infostack
Prints the values on top of the stack
infomap
Lists all virtual mappings used by the debugged program
infomapN
Lists all virtual mappings used by the program of Windows pid Ninfownd
Displays the window hierarchy starting from the desktop window
infowndN
Prints information of Window of handle Ninfoprocess
Lists all w-processes in Wine session
infothread
Lists all w-threads in Wine session
infoframe
Lists the exception frames (starting from current stack frame). You can also pass, as optional
argument, a thread id (instead of current thread) to examine its exception frames.
Debug messages can be turned on and off as you are debugging using the set command, but only for channels
initialized with the WINEDEBUG environment variable.
setwarn+win
Turns on warn on win channel
set+win
Turns on warn/fixme/err/trace on win channel
set-win
Turns off warn/fixme/err/trace on win channel
setfixme-all
Turns off fixme class on all channels
Gdbmode:
See the gdb documentation for all the gdb commands.
However, a few Wine extensions are available, through the monitor command:
monitorwnd
Lists all windows in the Wine session
monitorproc
Lists all processes in the Wine session
monitormem
Displays memory mapping of debugged process
Autoandminidumpmodes:
Since no user input is possible, no commands are available.