Gdb

by Robbins, Arnold

• ISBN13: 9780596100278
• ISBN10: 0596100272
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

GNU debugger is the most useful tool for software developers during testing because it helps them catch bugs in the act and then pinpoint and correct problem code. GDB Pocket Reference is written for developers using a variety of languages. This handy reference covers the essentials of using the GNU debugger in a testing environment. Topics covered include how to specify a target for debugging and how to make a program stop on specified conditions. Further detail is provided on using the debugger to examine the stack, source files and data to find the cause of program failure, and then making quick changes to the program for further testing and debugging. GDB Pocket Reference also explains how to debug programs executing on the same machine (native) or on another machine (remote).

Author Biography

Arnold Robbins, an Atlanta native, is a professional programmer and technical author. He has worked with Unix systems since 1980, when he was introduced to a PDP-11 running a version of Sixth Edition Unix. He has been a heavy AWK user since 1987, when he became involved with gawk, the GNU project's version of AWK. As a member of the POSIX 1003.2 balloting group, he helped shape the POSIX standard for AWK. He is currently the maintainer of gawk and its documentation. He is also coauthor of the sixth edition of O'Reilly's Learning the vi Editor. Since late 1997, he and his family have been living happily in Israel.

Table of Contents

Command-line syntax	p. 7
Initialization files	p. 10
GDB expressions	p. 11
The GDB text user interface	p. 14
Group listing of GDB commands	p. 14
Summary of set and show commands	p. 21
Summary of the info command	p. 35
Alphabetical summary of GDB commands	p. 37
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