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Tables of Contents for Debugging With Gdb
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Summary of GDB
1
3
Free software
1
1
Contributors to GDB
2
2
A Sample GDB Session
4
6
Getting In and Out of GDB
10
7
Invoking GDB
10
5
Choosing files
11
2
Choosing modes
13
2
Quitting GDB
15
1
Shell commands
15
2
GDB Commands
17
7
Command syntax
17
1
Command completion
18
2
Getting help
20
4
Running Programs Under GDB
24
12
Compiling for debugging
24
1
Starting your program
25
1
Your program's arguments
26
1
Your program's environment
27
1
Your program's working directory
28
1
Your program's input and output
29
1
Debugging an already-running process
30
1
Killing the child process
31
1
Additional process information
31
1
Debugging programs with multiple threads
32
3
Debugging programs with multiple processes
35
1
Stopping and Continuing
36
22
Breakpoints, watchpoints, and exceptions
36
14
Setting breakpoints
37
5
Setting watchpoints
42
1
Breakpoints and exceptions
43
1
Deleting breakpoints
44
1
Disabling breakpoints
45
1
Break conditions
46
2
Breakpoint command lists
48
1
Breakpoint menus
49
1
Continuing and stepping
50
4
Signals
54
2
Stopping and starting multi-thread programs
56
2
Examining the Stack
58
7
Stack frames
58
1
Backtraces
59
2
Selecting a frame
61
1
Information about a frame
62
2
MIPS machines and the function stack
64
1
Examining Source Files
65
7
Printing source lines
65
3
Searching source files
68
1
Specifying source directories
68
2
Source and machine code
70
2
Examining Data
72
25
Expressions
72
2
Program variables
74
1
Artificial arrays
75
2
Output formats
77
1
Examining memory
78
3
Automatic display
81
2
Print settings
83
8
Value history
91
1
Convenience variables
92
2
Registers
94
2
Floating point hardware
96
1
Using GDB with Different Languages
97
25
Switching between source languages
97
3
List of filename extensions and languages
98
1
Setting the working language
99
1
Having GDB infer the source language
99
1
Displaying the language
100
1
Type and range checking
100
4
An overview of type checking
101
1
An overview of range checking
102
2
Supported languages
104
8
C and C++
104
1
C and C++ operators
104
4
C and C++ constants
108
1
C++ expressions
108
2
C and C++ defaults
110
1
C and C++ type and range checks
110
1
GDB and C
110
1
GDB features for C++
110
2
Modula-2
112
10
Operators
112
3
Built-in functions and procedures
115
3
Constants
118
1
Modula-2 defaults
119
1
Deviations from standard Modula-2
119
1
Modula-2 type and range checks
119
1
The scope operators :: and.
120
1
GDB and Modula-2
120
2
Examining the Symbol Table
122
5
Altering Execution
127
5
Assignment to variables
127
1
Continuing at a different address
128
1
Giving your program a signal
129
1
Returning from a function
130
1
Calling program functions
130
1
Patching programs
131
1
GDB Files
132
7
Commands to specify files
132
5
Errors reading symbol files
137
2
Specifying a Debugging Target
139
33
Active targets
139
1
Commands for managing targets
140
3
Choosing target byte order
143
1
Remote debugging
143
1
The GDB remote serial protocol
144
11
What the stub can do for you
145
1
What you must do for the stub
146
2
Putting it all together
148
2
Communication protocol
150
2
Using the gdbserver program
152
2
Using the gdbserve.nlm program
154
1
GDB with a remote i960 (Nindy)
155
1
Startup with Nindy
155
1
Options for Nindy
155
1
Nindy reset command
156
1
The UDI protocol for AMD29K
156
1
The EBMON protocol for AMD29K
157
3
Communications setup
157
2
EB29K cross-debugging
159
1
Remote log
160
1
GDB with a Tandem ST2000
160
1
GDB and VxWorks
161
2
Connecting to VxWorks
162
1
VxWorks download
162
1
Running tasks
163
1
GDB and Sparclet
163
3
Setting file to debug
164
1
Connecting to Sparclet
165
1
Sparclet download
165
1
Running and debugging
165
1
GDB and Hitachi microprocessors
166
2
Connecting to Hitachi boards
166
1
Using the E7000 in-circuit emulator
167
1
Special GDB commands for Hitachi micros
167
1
GDB and remote MIPS boards
168
2
Simulated CPU target
170
2
Controlling GDB
172
7
Prompt
172
1
Command editing
172
1
Command history
173
2
Screen size
175
1
Numbers
176
1
Optional warnings and messages
177
2
Canned Sequences of Commands
179
6
User-defined commands
179
2
User-defined command hooks
181
1
Command files
182
1
Commands for controlled output
183
2
Using GDB under GNU Emacs
185
4
Reporting Bugs in GDB
189
4
Have you found a bug?
189
1
How to report bugs
189
4
Formatting Documentation
193
2
Installing GDB
195
6
Compiling GDB in another directory
197
1
Specifying names for hosts and targets
198
1
configure options
199
2
Footnotes
201
1
GNU Free Documentation License
202
1
Table of Contents
202
1
GNU Free Documentation License
202
7
How to use this License for your documents
209