Code from lecture

https://github.com/ucsb-cs24-mirza/cs24-m19-lectures/tree/master/lec-06

Topics

gdb

• Demo of gdb commands
• To use gdb, compile with the -g flag
• Setting breakpoints (b)
• Running programs that take arguments within gdb (r arguments)
• Continue execution until breakpoint is reached (c)
• Stepping into functions with step (s)
• Stepping over functions with next (n)
• Re-running a program (r)
• Examining local variables (info locals)
• Printing the value of variables with print (p)
• Quitting gdb (q)
• Debugging segfaults with backtrace (bt)
• Refer to the gdb cheat sheet (handout given in class). More practice in lab 03.