How to use pdb?

[R. Bernstein]

tron.thomas at verizon.net writes:

> R. Bernstein wrote:
> > Perhaps what you are looking for is:
> >   python /usr/lib/python2.4/pdb.py Myprogram.py
> 
> I tried this and it did not work.  pdb did not load the file so it
> could be debugged.

lol. Yes, if you are not in the same directory as Myprogram.py you may
have to add be more explicit about where Myprogram.py is. 

Reminds me of the story of the guy who was so lazy that when he got an
award for "laziest person alive" he said, "roll me over and put it in
my back pocket." :-)

Glad you were able to solve your problem though.

For other similarly confused folks I have updated pydb's
documentation (in CVS):

  In contrast to running a program from a shell (or gdb), no path
  searching is performed on the python-script. Therefore python-script
  should be explicit enough (include relative or absolute file paths)
  so that the debugger can read it as a file name. Similarly, the
  location of the Python interpeter used for the script will not
  necessarily be the one specified in the magic field (the first line
  of the file), but will be the Python interpreter that the debugger
  specifies. (In most cases they'll be the same and/or it won't
  matter.)