User`s guide

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Contents
List of Tables ix
About This Guide xi
What This Guide Contains xi
What You Should Know Before Reading This Guide xii
Suggestions for Further Reading xii
Conventions Used in This Guide xiii
1. Getting Started With dbx 1
Examining Core Dumps to Determine Cause of Failure 1
Debugging Your Programs 2
Studying a New Program 3
Avoiding Common Pitfalls 4
2. Running dbx 5
Compiling a Program for Debugging Under dbx 5
Compiling and Linking Programs With Dynamic Shared Objects 6
Invoking dbx 6
dbx Options 7
Specifying Object and Core Files 8
The dbx Prompt 8
Specifying Files with dbx Commands 8
Running Your Program 9
Automatically Executing Commands on Startup 10
Using Online Help 11
Entering Multiple Commands on a Single Line 11
Spanning a Command Across Multiple Lines 11
Invoking a Shell 12
Quitting dbx 12