Gdb Refresher

GDB Refresher

Compiling a c program and running it

gcc -g program.c -o program

• To call run the debugger on the program now all you need to do is gdb program

Focus

• You can change the focus of where the arrow keys interact with
  • Focus on the src
    • Focus src
  • Focus on the command line
    • Focus cmd

Layouts

• show layout of the code

• You can change the focus of different parts of the gdb interface

  • show the actual code
    • layout src
      • 
  • show the registers
    • layout reg
      • 
  • show the assembly
    • layout asm
      • 

Printing

• Printing the value that is stored in a variable
  • p/my_variable
• Printing the memory location of a variable
  • x/1c &my_variable
  • x/1c my_ptr