        *** ProcControlAPI Beta Release Notes ***

This is release 1.0.1 beta of the ProcControlAPI.  Currently, the API
library is available for Linux/x86, Linux/x86_64, FreeBSD/x86 and
FreeBSD/x86_64.

Documentation for ProcControlAPI can be found at:

    http://www.paradyn.org/html/manuals.html

Updates since ProcControlAPI 1.0
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- Fixed bug when specifying ---prefix argument to configure


Feature overview
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- Platform-independent abstractions for controlling processes

- Provides an interface for accessing and modifying a process' state such as
  reading/writing registers, reading/writing memory, and running/stopping a
  process and threads

- Includes an interface for debugger-like operations on a process' state such
  as inserting/removing breakpoints and inferior code execution

- Provides a callback interface for receiving notifications about events that
  occur in a process such as process termination and thread creation events

Building the ProcControlAPI from source
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If you downloaded the source distribution of this package, you can build the
ProcControlAPI libraries by running "make ProcControlAPI" in the dyninst
directory (one level up from where this README file is located).  On Unix
platforms, you must use GNU make.


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