Monitoring memory usage prevents memory leaks and stack overflows, which can cause catastrophic failures in real-time systems.
– Displays the history of recently executed shell commands. Task Management
Displays all configured network interfaces, IP addresses, and packet counts. inetstatShow() inetstatShow vxworks command cheat sheet
: Displays information about the network interfaces, including IP addresses and packet statistics.
: Lists all files and folders in the current directory. Monitoring memory usage prevents memory leaks and stack
Translates a hexadecimal VxWorks error number into a human-readable string. tt(task_id) tt
: Displays a built-in summary of available shell commands. tt(task_id) tt : Displays a built-in summary of
VxWorks 7 handles virtual and physical memory differently than earlier versions, so modern debugging requires awareness of address spaces.
: Pauses execution of the specified task. taskResume [taskNameOrID] : Resumes a suspended task.
| Category | Key Commands | | --- | --- | | | i (info), sp (spawn), ts / tr (suspend/resume), td (delete) | | Debugging | lkup (symbol lookup), d (display memory), l (disassemble), memShow | | Networking | ifconfig , ping , hostAdd , routeAdd , netShow | | File System | ls , cd , pwd , cat , cp , mv , rm , chmod | | Shell | help , h (history), cmd (switch to command interpreter), C (switch to C interpreter) |
– Copies a file from one location to another. Debugging, Symbol Tables, & Diagnostics