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From: dtrg@st-andrews.ac.uk (David Thomas Richard Given)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: How to debug C programs
Date: 4 Nov 1996 15:42:26 GMT
Organization: University Of St. Andrews, Fife, UK.
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In article <55kmeb$3h1@innocence.interface-business.de>,
J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de> wrote:
>> >In case you have dbx on your system, you may find it usefull.
>
>> I'm interested in this topic too. I have DBX on my unix machine,
>> but my problem is I don't know know how to run the dbx, I don't have the
>> manual, anybody have any clue?
>
>dbx <name of executable>
>
>Then simply type `help'.
You may also find ddd useful; it's a graphical front-end to a number of
debuggers including gdb and dbx. Basically, a point-and-click interface
with things like breakpoints, variable watching and so on.
xwpe is a Borland-like IDE that also has a debugger, but integrated with
the editor. It's rather good but doesn't look great.
Both of these are X programs, of course.
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