Hello all,
I am using c on unix but I'm not sure how to kick off a debugger?
I tried compiling as follows:
cc -g test22.c -o test22_deb
and then tried running the exe :
test22_deb
in the hope that it would be in debug so i could step through it. But no joy.
Please advise,
Manny
What version of UNIX are you using? Which compiler?
and what tools?
most unix debuggers work on core files, such as when an app crashed and had debug hooks in the binary.
using one of the ide tools you can step through execution using a debugger, though those are all gui based and it looks like you are using cli to do this.
Originally Posted by Jeff Henager
Hi,
Previously I have only used C and the debugger on a VMS platform. Unix is totally new to me. The operating system is SunOS 5.6.
I don't know how to find out which compiler we're using.
Cheers,
Manny
manny,
should give you the version of the compiler.Code:cc -v
or else -h or --help after the cc
Hi,
I tried the commands as below, but they do not give the compiler version.
Any other ideas?
Manny
odd it does with linux / gcc
you could try doing a listing of /usr/bin for *cc*
ls /usr/bin/*cc*
would give a directory listing of everything with cc in the name of the file.
ahh, found it on the Sun Solaris site.
it's Sun WorkShop C.
I bet you will find documentation for all your software there
Sun Workshop C is K&R C, with support for ANSI/ISO C
http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3567/preface.html this is for version 6, which is most likely newer than what you have, but it's the sun docs for their c programming tools.
Thanks, I'll have a hunt around in the docs.
odd it does with linux / gcc
you could try doing a listing of /usr/bin for *cc*
ls /usr/bin/*cc*
would give a directory listing of everything with cc in the name of the file.
ahh, found it on the Sun Solaris site.
it's Sun WorkShop C.
I bet you will find documentation for all your software there
Sun Workshop C is K&R C, with support for ANSI/ISO C
http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3567/preface.html this is for version 6, which is most likely newer than what you have, but it's the sun docs for their c programming tools.
If you are running SunOS, I believe you would invoke the debugger in the following manner:
where $ is the command line prompt, and dbx is the name of the debugger.Code:$ dbx progname
This article might be of use to you. If not, Google is your friend. As well, you can read the manual for dbx:
When you want to quit the manual page, press <SHIFT + Q>Code:$ man dbx
Last edited by kermit; 07-13-2006 at 05:42 PM.
the -g option just adds debug symbols to the binary.
so a debugger (another program!) can interpret the binary.
without the -g option a debugger could not know which address stands for which variable.
if youre using an ide (e.g. kdevelop) then there should be debugger built-in.
or a simple stand alone debugger with an gui would be ddd (which is just a front end for gdb).
(unfortunately the handling is not as nice as the vc-debugger)
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