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        <a href="../index.html">Development Index</a>

        <h1>Debugging</h1>

        <p>If the program needs arguments you can set it;</p>

        <pre>
        (gdb)set args -parameter1 -parameter2
        </pre>

        <p>To start gdb in TUI mode press;</p>

        <dl>
            <dt>Ctrl-x A</dt>
            <dd>Enter or leave TUI.</dd>
            <dt>Ctrl-x 0</dt>
            <dd>TUI with only one window.</dd>
            <dt>Ctrl-x 2</dt>
            <dd>TUI with more than two windows.</dd>
            <dt>Ctrl-x o</dt>
            <dd>Change active window.</dd>
            <dt>Ctrl-x s</dt>
            <dd>TUI single key mode.</dd>
            <dt>Ctrl-L s</dt>
            <dd>Refresh screen.</dd>
            <dt>Up</dt>
            <dd>Scroll</dd>
            <dt>Down</dt>
            <dd>Scroll</dd>
            <dt>Left</dt>
            <dd>Scroll</dd>
            <dt>Right</dt>
            <dd>Scroll</dd>
        </dl>

        <pre>
        (gdb) info win
        (gdb) fs next
        (gdb) fs SRC
        </pre>


        <pre>
        b - backtrace
        info locals
        display
        print
        x
        catch syscall open
        </pre>

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

        <pre>
        info threads
        </pre>

        <p>To select thread;</p>

        <pre>
        thread 1
        </pre>

        <pre>
        break linespec thread threadno
        </pre>

        <pre>
        strace -c ./program
        </pre>


        <p><a href="http://blog.fourthbit.com/2013/06/18/creating-an-open-source-program-in-c-with-autotools-part-1-of-2/">C program with autotools</a>
        <a href="http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~sugih/pointers/gdbQS.html">GDB Quick Start</a>,
        <a href="https://www.hackerschool.com/blog/5-learning-c-with-gdb">Learning C with GDB</a>
        and <a href="http://www.dirac.org/linux/gdb/02a-Memory_Layout_And_The_Stack.php">Memory Layout and the Stack</a>
        are great sources of introductory information.
        <a href="http://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/Manuals/gdb/html_node/gdb_39.html#SEC40">Stopping and Starting</a>
        multi-thread programs</p>

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        Hive Team.
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