Save breakpoints in LLDB

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How can I save breakpoints in lldb? This is a feature that gdb has and I suspect that lldb has it too but I haven't been able to find it in the help.

How this is done in gdb:

Getting gdb to save a list of breakpoints?

score 21 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 14 '19 at 23:19

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You can you use breakpoint write to save current breakpoints to a file by using

breakpoint write -f debug

This saves your breakpoints to file 'debug'. However the saved breakpoints are not in a simple format compared to that of gdb.

You can read this file with breakpoint read -f debug when you start lldb.

The file is stored as a JSON, so you can read it in your text editor of choice. You can put the file wherever you want so instead of debug, you could do use ~/Desktop/myFilename.json

edited Feb 14 '19 at 23:19

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answered Oct 09 '18 at 04:25

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This works, and as it's both newer and more effective than the accepted answer, it deserves more upvotes. – Caleb Jun 05 '19 at 16:55

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 14 '15 at 20:14

As Jim Ingham said above, you currently cannot save breakpoints in lldb. However, there is a work around. You can load lldb commands from a command file as follows:

lldb -S <path_to_command_file>

You can have this in your command file:

file <path_to_binary>
breakpoint set --file file0.cc --line 22
breakpoint set --file file1.cc --line 237

The above command file will load the binary and set the breakpoints when lldb starts.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 08 '14 at 19:58

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This isn't currently possible.

answered Jul 08 '14 at 19:58

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Save breakpoints in LLDB

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