Debugging

If the program needs arguments you can set it;

        (gdb)set args -parameter1 -parameter2
        

To start gdb in TUI mode press;

Ctrl-x A

Enter or leave TUI.

Ctrl-x 0

TUI with only one window.

Ctrl-x 2

TUI with more than two windows.

Ctrl-x o

Change active window.

Ctrl-x s

TUI single key mode.

Ctrl-L s

Refresh screen.

Up

Scroll

Down

Scroll

Left

Scroll

Right

Scroll

        (gdb) info win
        (gdb) fs next
        (gdb) fs SRC
        

        b - backtrace
        info locals
        display
        print
        x
        catch syscall open
        

When new thread is created you receive a notification. To get information about threads;

        info threads
        

To select thread;

        thread 1
        

        break linespec thread threadno
        

        strace -c ./program
        

C program with autotools GDB Quick Start, Learning C with GDB and Memory Layout and the Stack are great sources of introductory information. Stopping and Starting multi-thread programs

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