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From: jonc@pinnacle.co.nz (Jonathan Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: How to debug C programs
Date: 26 Oct 1996 14:27:27 +1300
Organization: Pinnacle Software Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
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In <54plmi$rce@hoho.quake.net> 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!!
>
>Any help will be appreciated..

man sdb
man dbx
man gdb
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
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char *p="char *p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}