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Re: Inspecting environment variables from a core dump?
Andreas Schwab wrote:
> 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.
Thanks but:
(gdb) p environ
$13 = 0
(gdb) whatis environ
type = <data variable, no debug info>
Am I simply out of luck or doing something wrong?
--
Ludovic Brenta.