JPS6113616B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a dump program generation processing method,
In particular, the output results are dumped from a storage device that stores data regarding multiple elements A, B, C, etc. belonging to procedure When generating a dump program for the above-mentioned elements A, B, C, etc., the above-mentioned dump program can be automatically generated by simply inputting the attributes of each element, for example, using a card. The present invention relates to a program generation processing method.

Conventionally, when debugging a data processing system, data on a storage device is dumped onto, for example, a line printer using a dump program. Since such a dump program is generally a simple program, it has conventionally been designed to output data on a storage device one after another in hexadecimal format, for example. For this reason, the printed results are displayed in hexadecimal without any distinction, regardless of whether the printed contents are characters, decimal numbers, hexadecimal numbers, or bit representations. The hexadecimal representation becomes a series of characters, making it troublesome for the user to decipher the hexadecimal representation itself. In order to solve this problem, it is possible to dump data in a format that is easy for the user to view by preparing a dedicated dump program that corresponds to a predetermined procedure, or by incorporating a data output command. is taken into account. However, in these cases, the number of man-hours increases in proportion to the number of dump programs and the number of dump items, and it is also necessary to modify the dump program in response to the addition or deletion of data items.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide attributes (such as the name of the element, whether it is a character, the number of digits, etc.) for a plurality of elements A, B, C, ... belonging to procedure XXX. ), for example, by simply inputting it with a card, it is possible to automatically generate a dedicated dump program corresponding to the procedure concerned. Therefore, the dump program generation processing method of the present invention provides a dump program for memory dumping from a storage device storing data regarding a plurality of elements A, B, C, . . . belonging to procedure XXX.
In the dump program generation processing method for generating a program, an attribute input step inputs the attributes of the elements A, B, C, . a grouping processing step in which the data processing device detects the number of digits of each element based on the attribute corresponding to the element, and groups elements within a range that can be output as one line based on the number of digits and/or the length of the element name; Then, for each group divided by the grouping processing step, the data processing device interprets the data on the storage device according to the elements belonging to the group, and interprets the data between the output elements. Each of the above elements A, B,
A dump format that matches the attributes corresponding to C, . The feature is that a program to output is given. This will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining how the dump program according to the present invention is used for memory dumping, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the attribute input step according to the present invention, and FIG. An explanatory diagram for explaining the grouping processing step and the conversion processing step according to the invention, FIG. 4 shows the state of the dump data collection file into which data has been written by the dump program generated by the invention An explanatory diagram illustrating an embodiment of overwriting editing from the dump data collection file to a print file for printing, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a mode of printing on a line printer. shows.

The data processing device 1 shown in FIG. 1 executes the processing program 3, but for example, after executing the processing at points A and B in the diagram, internal state information of the data processing device 1 is stored for debugging or the like. The content saved in the storage device 2 by the dump program 4 is outputted to the outside by, for example, a line printer (not shown). As mentioned at the beginning of this specification, the illustrated dump program is a program that prints out the contents of the storage device 2 on a line printer, for example, in hexadecimal format, and for this purpose, a person who performs debugging etc. It is extremely troublesome for people to decipher the printed results. Furthermore, even if a dedicated dump program is created that is easy to read for the user, it is very complicated to create a format suitable for each individual procedure, and the versatility is limited.

In order to solve this problem, in the case of the present invention, as shown in FIG. A dump program that can be executed in an easy-to-read format is generated. That is, based on the user program 5 to be debugged, the attributes of information (elements) A, B, C, etc. to be dumped are transferred to the cards 6, 7.
input into the data processing device.
In the case shown in Figure 2, element A is a 35-digit character,
Element B is a 15-digit character, element C is a binary number, element D is a 40-digit character, element E is a 40-digit character, element F is a binary number, and element G is a 20-digit character. ing.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the attributes are input to a data processing device (not shown) through the attribute input step of the present invention, the data processing device receives the attributes and prints them out on one line of the line printer. Group elements that can be grouped based on the number of digits and name of each element. This processing step is called a grouping processing step in the present invention, and the data processing device uses, for example, 140 bytes for one line, taking into account the space between elements when printed by a line printer. For example, it may be thought that elements that can be printed on one line are grouped, such as how many bytes are consumed by element A, then how many bytes are consumed by element B, and so on. Reference numerals 8-1 and 8-2 in FIG. 3 represent the above-mentioned groups. That is, since element A (character 35 digits), element B (character 15 digits), element C (binary number), and element D (character 40 digits) can be printed in one line, one group 8- 1, element E (character 40
digit), element F (binary number), and element G (character 20
digits) as another group 8-2.

The data processing device is shown in Group 8-1 in Figure 3.
A small data group 9-1 is generated based on the group 8-2, and a small data group 9-2 is generated based on the group 8-2.
generate. That is, after adding "STORAGE 1" or "No. 1" as shown in the diagram to correspond to the small data group 9-1, as will be described later with reference to FIG. 35 as A
character, 2 characters as dummy 2,
..., create a guideline to take 26 characters as dummy 5, and add "S No. 1" as shown in the diagram. The same applies to the small data group 9-2, so the explanation will be omitted. Note that the above numbers "No. 1" and "No. 2" are serial numbers given to blocks such as each small data group 9-1 and 9-2, and the above numbers "S No. 1" and "S No. .2" is a unique number given to each small data group. Small data group 9 from groups 8-1 and 8-2 shown in Figure 3
The process of creating -1 and 9-2 is called a conversion process step in the present invention. In this process, it is sufficient for the data processing device to allocate data based on the information of groups 8-1 and 8-2 so as to match the ejection format of the line printer. By creating these small data groups 9-1 and 9-2, the core of the dump program that matches each procedure XXX has been created. Of course, the dump program includes the first
The data on the storage device 2 shown in the figure is stored as elements A, B,
C, ... read every time, the above small data group 9-1,
9-2 and other guidelines, write it to the dump data collection file as shown in Figure 4, edit it on the print file as necessary, and output it to the line printer. Needless to say, try to make it last.

By the generated dump program, for example, the internal state information saved at point A shown in FIG. 1 and the internal state information saved at point B shown in FIG. 1 are collected by the dump data shown in FIG. As shown in the storage file 10, the data is written in chronological order. When outputting to a line printer, the information corresponding to each small data group is edited and written in chronological order, as shown in the print file 11 in FIG. 4. The contents of this print file 11 correspond to the format printed by the line printer.
Depending on the content, a message is printed as shown in FIG.
That is, the output data printed by the line printer is as shown in FIG. Dump data, 2nd
The dump data is printed out in chronological order on each page 12-1, 12-2, . . . , 12-P of the paper. After the data regarding elements A, B, C, and D corresponding to small data group 9-1 are dumped, the dump data regarding elements E, F, and G corresponding to the above-mentioned small data group 9-2 are dumped in chronological order. They are launched in order.

As explained above, according to the present invention, by inputting the attributes of elements related to procedure XXX, the elements related to procedure can be dumped in an easy-to-read format, after being divided into groups. Create small data groups. Therefore, it is possible to create a desired dump program by creating small data groups that match individual procedures.

By the way, when creating a dedicated dump program that requires 3000 cards and about 400 dump items, conventionally the process is design - flow - creation - coding - punch -
It used to take about 4 weeks to compile - debug, etc., but in the case of the present invention, it is enough to create the input information - program generation process - compile, and the desired dump can be created in about 1 day.・It becomes possible to obtain the program.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining how the dump program according to the present invention is used for memory dumping, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the attribute input step according to the present invention, and FIG. An explanatory diagram for explaining the grouping processing step and the conversion processing step according to the invention, FIG. 4 shows the state of the dump data collection file into which data has been written by the dump program generated by the invention An explanatory diagram illustrating an embodiment of overwriting editing from the dump data collection file to a print file for printing, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a mode of printing on a line printer. shows. In the figure, 1 is a data processing device, 2 is a storage device, and 3 is a data processing device.
is the processing program, 4 is the dump program, 5
is the user program, 6 and 7 are the cards, 8-
1, 8-2 are divided into groups,
9-1 and 9-2 each represent a small data group, 10 a dump data collection file, and 11 a print file.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 In a dump program generation processing method for generating a dump program for memory dumping from a storage device storing data regarding a plurality of elements A, B, C, ... belonging to procedure XXX, each of the above-mentioned Elements A, B, C, . . . There is an attribute input step in which the attributes of the corresponding elements are input into the data processing device, and the data processing device inputs each element based on the attributes corresponding to each element input in the attribute input step. a grouping processing step that detects the number of digits and groups elements within a range that can be output as one line based on the number of digits and/or the length of the element name; The data processing device converts each group into one block having an interpretation guide for interpreting the data on the storage device corresponding to the elements belonging to the group and a space to be given between the output elements. and a conversion process step of adding a serial number to the one block, each of the above elements A, B,
A dump format that matches the attributes corresponding to C, . A dump program generation processing method characterized in that a program to be output is given.