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Debugging with GDB

This file documents the GNU debugger GDB.

This is the Tenth Edition, of Debugging with GDB: the GNU Source-Level Debugger for GDB (GDB) Version 11.0.50.20201208-git.

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Debugging with GDB

This file describes GDB, the GNU symbolic debugger.

This is the Tenth Edition, for GDB (GDB) Version 11.0.50.20201208-git.

Copyright (C) 1988-2020 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

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