djh wrote: > Does cygwin have a way to produce a core file that would be useful as a > portmortem, using gdb? Yes, set the error_start parameter of the CYGWIN environment variable to call dumper.exe. Or better, just set it to gdb and the debugger will be launched when the fault occurs and attached the the faulting process. The details are in the users guide. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/