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Debugging with GDB
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This file describes GDB, the GNU symbolic debugger.

   This is the Tenth Edition, for GDB (GDB) Version 7.8.1.

   Copyright (C) 1988-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   This edition of the GDB manual is dedicated to the memory of Fred
Fish.  Fred was a long-standing contributor to GDB and to Free software
in general.  We will miss him.

Summary

Summary of GDB

Sample Session

A sample GDB session

Invocation

Getting in and out of GDB

Commands

GDB commands

Running

Running programs under GDB

Stopping

Stopping and continuing

Reverse Execution

Running programs backward

Process Record and Replay

Recording inferior's execution and replaying it

Stack

Examining the stack

Source

Examining source files

Data

Examining data

Optimized Code

Debugging optimized code

Macros

Preprocessor Macros

Tracepoints

Debugging remote targets non-intrusively

Overlays

Debugging programs that use overlays

Languages

Using GDB with different languages

Symbols

Examining the symbol table

Altering

Altering execution

GDB Files

GDB files

Targets

Specifying a debugging target

Remote Debugging

Debugging remote programs

Configurations

Configuration-specific information

Controlling GDB

Controlling GDB

Extending GDB

Extending GDB

Interpreters

Command Interpreters

TUI

GDB Text User Interface

Emacs

Using GDB under GNU Emacs

GDB/MI

GDB's Machine Interface.

Annotations

GDB's annotation interface.

JIT Interface

Using the JIT debugging interface.

In-Process Agent

In-Process Agent

GDB Bugs

Reporting bugs in GDB

Command Line Editing

Command Line Editing

Using History Interactively

Using History Interactively

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Formatting Documentation

How to format and print GDB documentation

Installing GDB

Installing GDB

Maintenance Commands

Maintenance Commands

Remote Protocol

GDB Remote Serial Protocol

Agent Expressions

The GDB Agent Expression Mechanism

Target Descriptions

How targets can describe themselves to GDB

Operating System Information

Getting additional information from the operating system

Trace File Format

GDB trace file format

Index Section Format

gdb_index section format

Man Pages

Manual pages

Copying

GNU General Public License says how you can copy and share GDB

GNU Free Documentation License

The license for this documentation

Concept Index

Index of GDB concepts

Command and Variable Index

Index of GDB commands, variables, functions, and Python data types