Debugging with GDB: The GNU Source-Level Debugger

This free book is written for programmers. It is designed so someone can begin utilizing GDB after just reading the first chapter, or read the whole manual and master the program.

Book Description

Synopsis of ideas and extensive examples are given. The GNU Debugger allows you to see what is going on “inside” a program while it executes – or what a program was doing at the moment it crashed. GDB supports C, C++, Java, Fortran and Assembly among other languages; it is also designed to work closely with the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).

Table of Contents

• A Sample gdb Session
• Getting In and Out of gdb
• gdb Commands
• Running Programs Under gdb
• Stopping and Continuing
• Running programs backward
• Recording Inferior’s Execution and Replaying It
• Examining the Stack
• Examining Source Files
• Examining Data
• Debugging Optimized Code
• C Preprocessor Macros
• Tracepoints
• Debugging Programs That Use Overlays
• Using gdb with Different Languages
• Examining the Symbol Table
• Altering Execution
• gdb Files
• Specifying a Debugging Target
• Debugging Remote Programs
• Configuration-Specific Information
• Controlling gdb
• Extending gdb
• Command Interpreters
• gdb Text User Interface
• Using gdb under gnu Emacs
• The gdb/mi Interface
• gdb Annotations
• JIT Compilation Interface
• Reporting Bugs in gdb
• Command Line Editing
• Using History Interactively

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