Occasionally it is necessary to change to a different file during a GDB session. Or you may run GDB and forget to specify a file you want to use. Or you are debugging a remote target via …

GDB needs to know the file name of the program to be debugged, both in order to read its symbol table and in order to start your program. To debug a core dump of a previous run, you must …

info files info target info files and info target are synonymous; both print the current target (see section Specifying a Debugging Target), including the names of the executable and core dump …

May 25, 2025 · Here, [options] represents any additional command-line arguments you may want to pass to GDB, [program] is the name of the executable file you want to debug, and [core-file …

You can change the value of this variable, for both GDB and your program, using the path command. On systems with memory-mapped files, an auxiliary file `filename.syms' may hold …

Sep 2, 2024 · To debug the executables from the console, file [executable filename] command is used. Conclusion GDB is an indispensable tool for developers working with compiled …

GDB needs to know the file name of the program to be debugged, both in order to read its symbol table and in order to start your program. To debug a core dump of a previous run, you must …

A “core dump” is a snapshot of memory at the instant the program crashed, typically saved in a file called “core”. GDB can read the core dump and give you the line number of the crash, the …