Gdb/GDB-Files
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18 GDB Files
GDB needs to know the file name of the program to be debugged, both in order to read its symbol table and in order to start your program. To debug a core dump of a previous run, you must also tell GDB the name of the core dump file.
| • Files: | Commands to specify files | |
| • File Caching: | Information about GDB’s file caching | |
| • Separate Debug Files: | Debugging information in separate files | |
| • MiniDebugInfo: | Debugging information in a special section | |
| • Index Files: | Index files speed up GDB | |
| • Symbol Errors: | Errors reading symbol files | |
| • Data Files: | GDB data files |
