Debugging GDB with GDB

[James Sampson]

Thanks a lot - I didn't know the ctrl-c options, since I'm pretty new to GDB 
:-D

Now I can get a bit further - More problems are sure to arise ;-)

J.S.


>The .gdbinit file uses "set prompt (top-gdb)" so you can differentiate
>between which gdb is running.  This works best on
>the command line as you can readily see which gdb you are in.  Things
>work the same as when you are debugging a program.  When you want to
>stop use ctrl-c and you will see the top-level prompt and you can step
>through gdb source.  When using the command line, I've always found it
>helpful to open the source file I'm debugging to follow along.
>
>Hope this helps
>Tim