From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2155 invoked by alias); 28 Jan 2003 14:33:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 2144 invoked from network); 28 Jan 2003 14:33:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO linux) (24.209.209.134) by 172.16.49.205 with SMTP; 28 Jan 2003 14:33:29 -0000 Received: from bdill by linux with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18dWou-0003Q1-00 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:34:36 -0500 Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 14:33:00 -0000 To: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: core while attached Message-ID: <20030128143436.GB13114@linux.dillfamily.org> References: <20030127183252.GA9690@linux.dillfamily.org> <20030127191930.GB11567@nevyn.them.org> <20030127205815.GA10206@linux.dillfamily.org> <20030127210254.GA14418@nevyn.them.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030127210254.GA14418@nevyn.them.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: "Bennett F. Dill" X-SW-Source: 2003-01/txt/msg00454.txt.bz2 On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 04:02:54PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 03:58:15PM -0500, Bennett F. Dill wrote: > > I'm ready to ask for a new version of gdb (5.3 is the latest i see), but > > I don't see any documentation on generate-core-file anywhere... Before > > I ask for a new version, can someone verify that generate-core-file is > > the correct syntax/command? All I see is how to switch core files > > etc... > > For whatever reason, it never made it into the manual. It's there; > check the command-prompt help. > > (gdb) help generate-core-file > Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process. > Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.'. > > -- > Daniel Jacobowitz > MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer That sounds good... We currently have 4.3 and its help didn't like generate-core-file. I asked them to install 5.3 since you said the command is there. Thanks! Ben