Re: Is this possible with gdb?

[Bob Rossi <bob@brasko.net>]

On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 06:05:59PM +0300, Ismail Donmez wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Sorry if this question came up early before but a Google search didn't result 
> in much answer. What I want to do is to see currently executed line to be 
> printed on console while using gdb.
> 
> Say I got this in foo.cpp
> 
> int main()
> {
> 	i=2;
> 	return 0;
> }
> 
> compiled into foo and I want gdb to print 
> 
> foo.cpp: line 3 
> foo.cpp line 4
> <exit>
> 
> So I just want to see porgram flow. Is this possible with gdb or can anyone 
> suggest any other solution?
> 
> Any help is grealy appreciated.

GDB is not a code coverage tool. You could look into use gcov.

However, with GDB you can step through your program. Try this,
gdb ./foo

b main
r
n
n
n
n

If you like what you see, try reading the manual.

Bob Rossi