
GDB Pocket Reference
Debugging Quickly & Painlessly with Gdb
Arnold Robbins(Author)
O'Reilly (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 7. June 2005
Book
76 pages
978-0-596-10027-8 (ISBN)
Description
Many Linux and Unix developers are familiar with the GNU debugger (GBD), the invaluable open source tool for testing, fixing, and retesting software. And since GDB can be ported to Windows, Microsoft developers and others who use this platform can also take advantage of this amazing free software that allows you to see exactly what's going on inside of a program as it's executing. This new pocket guide gives you a convenient quick reference for using the debugger with several different programming languages, including C, C++, Java, Fortran and Assembly.The GNU debugger is the most useful tool during the testing phase of the software development cycle because it helps you catch bugs in the act. You can see what a program was doing at the moment it crashed, and then readily pinpoint and correct problem code. With the GDB Pocket Reference on hand, the process is quick and painless. The book covers the essentials of using GBD is a testing environment, including how to specify a target for debugging and how to make a program stop on specified conditions.This handy guide also provides details on using the debugger to examine the stack, source files and data to find the cause of program failure-and then explains ways to use GBD to make quick changes to the program for further testing and debugging.The ability to spot a bug in real time with GDB can save you hours of frustration, and having a quick way to refer to GBD's essential functions is key to making the process work. Once you get your hands on the GDB Pocket Reference, you'll never let go!
Reviews / Votes
"I'm sure this book will be of great assistance to anyone doing any serious development work in any of the supported languages." - John Collins, news@UK, September 2005More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Target group
programmer
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 179 mm
Width: 109 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
80 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-596-10027-8 (9780596100278)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
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E-Book
05/2005
1st Edition
O'Reilly
€6.49
Available for download

Person
Arnold Robbins, an Atlanta native, is a professional programmer and technical author. He has worked with Unix systems since 1980, when he was introduced to a PDP-11 running a version of Sixth Edition Unix. He has been a heavy AWK user since 1987, when he became involved with gawk, the GNU project's version of AWK. As a member of the POSIX 1003.2 balloting group, he helped shape the POSIX standard for AWK. He is currently the maintainer of gawk and its documentation. He is also coauthor of the sixth edition of O'Reilly's Learning the vi Editor. Since late 1997, he and his family have been living happily in Israel.
Content
Chapter 1: GDB Pocket Reference;
1.1 Introduction;
1.2 Conventions Used in This Book;
1.3 Conceptual Overview;
1.4 Command-Line Syntax;
1.5 Initialization Files;
1.6 GDB Expressions;
1.7 The GDB Text User Interface;
1.8 Group Listing of GDB Commands;
1.9 Summary of set and show Commands;
1.10 Summary of the info Command;
1.11 Alphabetical Summary of GDB Commands;