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Re: Inspecting environment variables from a core dump?
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>
- To: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic at ludovic-brenta dot org>
- Cc: <gdb at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:55:56 +0200
- Subject: Re: Inspecting environment variables from a core dump?
- References: <1fd75d649d5b52f429ef7a945ed1d8c5@localhost>
Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> writes:
> Does a core dump contain the environment of the program that dumped core?
A core dump contains the whole used address space of the program, and
the environment is of course part of it.
> If so, how can I inspect the environment variables?
The environment is always stored in the variable environ.
Andreas.
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