netbsd-help: Re: Debugging apps with fork()

Subject: Re: Debugging apps with fork()
To: Gerald C. Simmons <dakkon!simmons@life.ai.mit.edu>
From: David Brownlee <D.K.Brownlee@city.ac.uk>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/19/1995 09:41:18

	Either:
		a) run the app normally , the attach to it after it has forked.
		 ie. 'gdb <progname> <pid>'
		b) comment out the fork() (or daemon()) call :)
			David
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On 1995年7月18日, Gerald C. Simmons wrote:
> Now I'm in unfamiliar territory! I'm trying to debug a pop Daemon using gdb.
> Just how do I do that. The program starts, binds itself to the appropriate
> socket, fork()'s itself into the background, and "exits normally." Obviously I
> need the debugger to follow the forked process. How do I do that?
> 
> Gerry Simmons
> simmons@darykon.wa.com
> 
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