Invoke at runtime the debugger *windows only*

[migounette]

Under Linux we can use the SIGUSR1 signal in order to order to start the debugger.

It's usefull when you have a child process and you want to debug it.

With windows a RegisterDebugSignalHandler is used, this a share memory with a pointer to function in it.

I don't see any example how to use, except if I run an external program in order to invoke this method ?

It would great if someone can describe how you to start the debugger via node under windows.

Thanks for your ligths

[piscisaureus]

node debug -p «pid»

[migounette]

node debug -p «pid» : two problems with this approach:

1. When you fork the debugger does not follow the child, the idea was to invoke the debbuger at runtime and wait it.
2. The node debug -p <> is not compatible when you try to search a problem of fork

That's why I was searching an equivalent of SIGUSR1 for Windows

function waitms(msToWait)
{
var date = new Date();
var curDate = null;

do { 
    curDate = new Date();   
    debugger;
} 
while(curDate-date < msToWait);

}

process.kill(process.pid, 'SIGUSR1');

        // Now it's time to set a breakpoint
        process.nextTick(function () {
            waitms(options.debug.timeout);              
            ... continue my job....
        });