How to halt ruby debugger (like gdb's CTL-C)

Question

Is there a way to tell a running "script/server --debugger" to pause execution and open the debugger prompt (other than sticking a "debugger" statement in my code)? Similar to CTL-C in gdb.

I would like to do this, so that I can set a breakpoint in Base.update_attributes without having to put "debugger" in my own function (and having to hit "n" every time my function executes).

Answer 1

Not sure about a direct answer to your question, but you could use Jamis's solution for GDB here: http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2006/9/25/gdb-wrapper-for-ruby