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Date:      Thu, 01 Aug 96 12:50:15 +0200
From:      garyj@frt.dec.com
To:        Jean-Paul POIRET <jpp@vtcom.fr>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can really gdb examine a core file ? 
Message-ID:  <9608011050.AA17216@cssmuc.frt.dec.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from Jean-Paul POIRET <jpp@vtcom.fr>  of Wed, 31 Jul 96  18:42:53 %2B0200.

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jpp@vtcom.fr writes:
> Hello ! When I try a post-mortem analysis with Gdb of a C programm with a
> bss array , like this es.c :
> 	 ---------------------------
> 	|	int titi[1000];     |
> 	|	f()                 |
> 	|	{                   |
> 	|	int l = 4;          |
> 	|	kill(getpid(),6);   |
> 	|	}                   |
> 	|	main()              |
> 	|	{                   |
> 	|	titi[0] = 461;      |
> 	|	f();                |
> 	|	}                   |
> 	 ---------------------------
> 
> gcc -g -c es.c
> gcc -g -o es es.o
> ./es
> Abort (core dumped) 
> 
> Thus, I have got the core file:
> 
> -rw-------  1 jpp  jpp  147456 Jul 31 18:34 es.core
> 
>  Now, I wish to examine the core file :
> 
[gdb output deleted]

try generating a staic binary and see if that helps. gdb has problems
looking at a core dump from a dynamic binary since the shared libraries
aren't mapped any more.

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