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Using Eclipse CDT gui wrapper for gdb to analyze a dump

I have a crash dump from my c++ application in ubuntu. I am using gdb to analyze the dump.

I can run the following commands:

bt
frame #
info args
print *this

The output of the print *this is not very neat.

I learned that you can use a gui wrapper Eclipse cdt for gdb. I tried finding some information how to do that but couldn't find a very clear answer on how can this be done.

How can I analyze the dump with gdb using eclipse cdt wrapper?

Solution

  • How can I analyze the dump with gdb using eclipse cdt wrapper?

    In Eclipse CDT you do a C/C++ Postmortem Debugger session.

    1. Download/install Eclipse with C/C++ support and run it.
    2. From the Run menu choose Debug Configurations...
    3. Double-click on C/C++ Postmortem Debugger
    4. Fill in the form and press Debug. NOTE: You don't need a project, that can be left blank.
    5. More info in the help.

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    The output of the print *this is not very neat.

    Using Eclipse CDT alone may not change this significantly. You may want STL pretty printing to help support this.

    See https://stackoverflow.com/a/33048311/2796832 for instructions on setting that up in CDT.