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Newer page: version 10 Last edited on Monday, February 23, 2004 2:13:21 pm by JohnMcPherson Revert
Older page: version 9 Last edited on Thursday, February 5, 2004 3:01:42 pm by JohnMcPherson Revert
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 !!useful gdb(1) commands: 
 ;bt full: give a complete backtrace of a program. If a program crashes __this__ is what the programmer will want from you. 
 ;print: This lets you print out various expressions, eg: "print node" "print *node" "print node->key" "print node->next->key" etc. 
-;break: This lets you set breakpoints, eg: "break main" 
+;break: This lets you set breakpoints at functions or lines in the source code , eg: "break main" or "break sourcefile.cpp:55
 ;run: run a program up until a break point. 
 ;step: step over a function call 
 ;next: step into a function call 
 ;frame: change which frame you are working on. eg: "frame 1" will change the scope to frame 1.