From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16506 invoked by alias); 16 Jan 2008 11:15:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 16495 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Jan 2008 11:15:19 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mtagate2.de.ibm.com (HELO mtagate2.de.ibm.com) (195.212.29.151) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:14:54 +0000 Received: from d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com (d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com [9.149.167.49]) by mtagate2.de.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0GBEpca205352 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:14:51 GMT Received: from d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com (d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com [9.149.165.228]) by d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v8.7) with ESMTP id m0GBElYi1417446 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:14:47 +0100 Received: from d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m0GBElhS024643 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:14:47 +0100 Received: from bbkeks.de.ibm.com (dyn-9-152-248-46.boeblingen.de.ibm.com [9.152.248.46]) by d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m0GBEDrf023854 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:14:46 +0100 Message-ID: <478DE68C.2050806@de.ibm.com> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:15:00 -0000 From: Markus Deuling User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Fabio Dell'Aria" CC: GDB Mailinglist Subject: Re: Use external debug symbols References: <585a84dc0801160303g4e656659w1c5e2a7320208371@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <585a84dc0801160303g4e656659w1c5e2a7320208371@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-01/txt/msg00119.txt.bz2 Fabio Dell'Aria schrieb: > Hi to all, > > exists a method to setup GDB to use an external file as debug symbols ? > > Example: > on WinXP I need GDB debug the Program.exe file using, as debug > symbols, the Program.dbg file. > > Is this possible? > > NOTE: the debug data format is "stabs". > Hi Fabio, I think the following two ways should work: 1. as command line gdb Program.exe -s Program.dbg or 2. from within a running GDB. Invoke (gdb) symbol /path/to/Program.dbg -- Markus Deuling GNU Toolchain for Linux on Cell BE deuling@de.ibm.com