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RE: gdb readable core dumps?
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- Subject: RE: gdb readable core dumps?
- From: Darius dot Clynes at cec dot eu dot int
- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:59:01 +0200
>yes. cygwin includes special utility called dumper.exe which can be
>used to create core dumps. run it with
>
>'dumper <pid>'
what an optimistic answer! i thought the answer would be a firm no.
where can I download the dumper.exe (or the sources for it).
it is not included in the cygwin 1.1.0 i am using.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: egor duda [mailto:deo@logos-m.ru]
>Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 1:45 PM
>To: CLYNES Darius (SCIC)
>Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
>Subject: Re: gdb readable core dumps?
>
>
>Hi!
>
>Thursday, 28 June, 2001 Darius.Clynes@cec.eu.int
>Darius.Clynes@cec.eu.int wrote:
>
>
>DCcei> Is it possible to have crashing processes produce a core dump
>DCcei> which can then be read by gdb?
>
>yes. cygwin includes special utility called dumper.exe which can be
>used to create core dumps. run it with
>
>'dumper <pid>'
>
>and it'll create file named '.core' containing core dump of process
>with pid '<pid>'. resulting dump can be inspected with gdb.
>
>you can also make cygwin to start it automatically in case of fatal
>error in application. add
>
>'error_start=c:\path\to\dumper\utility\dumper.exe'
>
>to your CYGWIN environment variable. 'error_start option turns on
>cygwin's JIT debugging facility and allows running any program (dumper
>or gdb) in case of crash in application.
>
>in case of problems you can also search mailing list archives. they
>contains several threads regarding core dump support in cygwin.
>
>Egor. mailto:deo@logos-m.ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet
>2:5020/496.19
>
>
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