Re: Attaching gdb to a running process on an HP

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From: Tor Lillqvist
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 09:07

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>>>>> On Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:48:51 GMT, earl@jade.ab.ca (Earl Locken) said:

>      We are using gdb 4.6 and gcc 2.2.2 on an HP (yes, I know there
> are newer versions of gcc, but we are using 2.2.2 for now).  Is there
> any way that we can attach gdb to a running process?  Will there ever
> be a way, or does HP prevent anyone from reading core files?

As HP's debuggers (adb and xdb) can do it, gdb should be able to, if
only somebody put in the necessary code. It's documented in ptrace(2).
--
Tor Lillqvist,
working, but not speaking, for the Technical Research Centre of Finland,
Laboratory for Information Processing (VTT/TIK).

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From: tml@tik.vtt.fi (Tor Lillqvist)
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Subject: Re: Attaching gdb to a running process on an HP
Date: 23 Jan 1993 09:07:14 GMT
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