Debugging gdb with gdb

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 04:25:15PM +0000, Salman Khilji wrote:
> I am running gdb under gdb.
> 
> Lets assume gdb starts mygdb.  I issue the run command in (gdb) without 
> setting any breakpoints anywhere.  mygdb comes up and the prompt now says 
> (mygdb) instead of (gdb).  I want to put a break point somewhere inside the 
> mygdb code---not the program that mygdb is going to debug.  However if I 
> issue the break command, the break point is going to be set in the program 
> that (mygdb) is going to debug---not in mygdb itself.
> 
> So the question is:  How do I temporarily stop the target application in 
> gdb---set a break point in the target---then continue?  This is useful in 
> GUI applications as well.

Hit control-C at the (mygdb) prompt, and it should stop on the parent
GDB.
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Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
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