Re: Debugger for C programming?

[mdevin@ozemail.com.au]

On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 09:09:44AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> begin: Daniel Toffetti <dtoffe@softhome.net> quote
> > > Is there a good debugger for C programming.  You know, the kind of
> > > thing that lets you step through a line at a time running your
> > > program and put watches on variables etc.
> > >
> > > Now I know that Linux rules for C programming, so what do all you
> > > programmers use to debug your code?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > Mark.
> > 
> > I want to add another questions on this topic, does gdb supports 
> > debugging a running daemon? And what if the daemon loads a dinamic 
> > library? Newbie questions, of course, so please details are welcomed.
>  
> yes, in fact, you can debug a running process using gdb.
> 
> i wrote a gdb tutorial which talks about this very topic
> 
> 		www.dirac.org/linux/gdb
> 
> the tutorial is lynx friendly.
> 
> pete
>
Thanks to all who responded.  And thanks Pete for your tutorial.  I am
having a look at it now.  And I already had gdb, but didn't know :)

ps. great that your tutorial is lynx friendly.

Thanks.

Mark.