# start\_process

```
Launch the debugger
     path - path to the executable file.
     args - command line arguments
     sdir - initial directory for the process
for all args: if empty, the default value from the database will be used
returns: -1-failed, 0-cancelled by the user, 1-ok
See the important note to the step_into() function

long start_process(string path, string args, string sdir);
```


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