Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 21:37:34 -0700 From: Samuel Chow <cyschow@shaw.ca> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to read core dump Message-ID: <002a01c2bf74$7c51c380$0601a8c0@celeron> References: <20030119013133.GA5520@polands.org>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Poland" <doug@polands.org>
> After doc perusal and googling, I haven't found out how to read a core
> dump. I suppose if I knew how to read them I could "easily" determine
> where the program died. Is this an accurate statement? Is there
> another way to find out why a program dumps core?
gdb, the system debugger, can read the core file. However,
unless your program is compiled with debug information, it is
not very useful.
---
Samuel Chow
cyschow@shaw.ca
Segmentation Fault (core dumped)
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