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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!nntp.primenet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!public.x.org!kaleb From: kaleb@x.org (Kaleb KEITHLEY) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: How to debug C programs Date: 27 Oct 96 11:55:27 GMT Organization: X Consortium Lines: 14 Message-ID: <kaleb.846417327@exalt> References: <54plmi$rce@hoho.quake.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: exalt.x.org X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #8 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.programmer:45420 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5197 ian@idk.com (Ian Kettleborough) writes: >C is not new to me, have used it for years in a PC (DOS) >envirmonent. There are great debuggers there when things don't go >quite right. How and what does one use on BSDI to debug a C program >other than a lot of printf's!! `man -k debug` or `apropos debug` offer several hints. gdb is the specific answer. -- Kaleb KEITHLEY