Re: How do you use GDB to debug GDB

Fernando Nasser
2001-03-21T15:59:00Z

Stephen Smith wrote:
>
> I have a gdb debugger configured to for a remote target (host i686-pc-cygwin target=powerpc-motorola-elf). normally I
> run gdb as:
>
> powerpc-motorola-elf-gdb --command=C:/rti/bin/rtidbug.ini C:/examples/dll/main.exe
>
> Now I want to run the gdb against the above process. Since I am running this in a Windows NT command shell I can't use
> gdb /usr/local/bin/powerpc-motorola-elf-gdb some_process_id
>
> Can someone help
>

Use the "ps -l" command. It will give you the Windows PID in addition to the Unix (Cygwin) one.

Start your "top" gdb in a separate shell. Use the command attach passing the Windows PID (as opposed to the Unix PID) of the other GDB.

You are now debugging your powerpc-motorola-elf-gdb

Good luck.

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