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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
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Subject: Re: How to follow child process in gdb 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 08 Sep 1999 20:19:32 -0400."
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On Wed, 08 Sep 1999 20:19:32 -0400, Zhihui Zhang wrote:

> I have to use attach and dettach to do so.  Does that mean I have to
> display the pid of the new process in order to follow it.  And I have to
> modify the child process so that it can wait until I can attach to it.
> That will not be as easy.

I hit my head against this wall while debugging inetd problems, so I
know how frustrating this must be for you.  If you do get any useful
feedback in private, I'm sure there are a few of us who'd greatly
appreciate followup to the list.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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