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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Jason T. Albert, Rochester, MN (US);
Christopher J. Engel, Rochester, MN (US);
John Farrugia, Austin, TX (US);
Paul G. Van Leeuwen, Rochester, MN (US);
Brent M. Wieman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jason T. Albert, Rochester, MN (US);
Christopher J. Engel, Rochester, MN (US);
John Farrugia, Austin, TX (US);
Paul G. Van Leeuwen, Rochester, MN (US);
Brent M. Wieman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An executable high-level trace file generation method provides reduced debugging effort and time, particularly on initial startup of new or modified hardware. An executable program invokes high-level application programming interfaces (APIs), to perform various tasks. Instructions within the APIs generate a trace file documenting the invoked sequence of APIs by writing a line to a trace file that documents the API and input parameters received by the API. Upon completion of execution of the API, the return value may be documented as a comment line in the trace file. The resulting trace file is then re-executable as a script and may be edited to alter the sequence of APIs invoked and/or the arguments provided. The script interpreter may be a command line interface through which the APIs are invoked, and trace files may be similarly generated that document sequences of manually entered commands.