VxWorks Command Cheat Sheet
Ligo Livingston Observatory - Chethan Parameswariah: Jan 5, 2004
Task Management Related commands
| sp (entryPt, args) | Spawn a task with default parameters |
| sps (entryPt, args) | Spawn a task and leave it suspended |
| td (taskName or Id) | Delete a task |
| ts (taskName or Id) | Suspend a task |
| tr (taskName or Id) | Resume a suspended task |
Task Information Commands
| checkStack (taskName or Id) | Show stack usage for the task |
| Example: checkStack "showtime" or checkStack 0x19c8f1 |
| i | Display synopsis of all tasks |
| ti (taskName) | Show detailed infofrom TCB (Task Control Block) |
| tt (taskName) | Show stack trace |
| tw (taskName) | Find info about the object the task is pending on |
System Information/Modification Commands
| devs | List all devices known on the target |
| lkup "symbol" | List vxWorks symbols from the system symbol table |
| d (hex_address) | Display memory |
| m (hex_address) | Modify memory |
| printErrno(n) | Describe the most recent error status value with n=0 being latest |
| h |size| | Display command history default size is 20 |
| help | Display summary of commands |
| cd "dir" | Change directory |
| pwd | Present working directory |
| ls | list the directory |
| CTRL+X or reboot | Reboot the processor |
| ld < filename | Load a file |
| unld < "moduleName" | Unload file |
| bootChange | Modify the saved boot parameters |
| logout | Log out of the target |
Object Information Commands
| taskShow | List info about the tasks from TCB |
| seqShow | List info about the sequencers(EPICS state programs at LIGO) running on the target |
| semShow | Show info about semaphore |
| moduleShow | Show info about loaded modules (object files/programs) |
Memory Information Commands
| memShow | Display allocated/free memory |
| memPartShow | Show memory partition |
| semShow | Show info about semaphore |
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