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| author | Christopher Faylor <me@cgf.cx> | 2002-07-13 21:15:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Christopher Faylor <me@cgf.cx> | 2002-07-13 21:15:10 +0000 |
| commit | 613219252e51cdf3ecfd995f03e2d4fc7f480791 (patch) | |
| tree | 9c39baf6e25dc76c6d57e5e3921cf31693b8b8f1 /winsup/cygwin/how-to-debug-cygwin.txt | |
| parent | 6cb6ef73152475df27298f4189d6a7e512491d81 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/how-to-debug-cygwin.txt b/winsup/cygwin/how-to-debug-cygwin.txt index 2549565bf..cf10bafe7 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/how-to-debug-cygwin.txt +++ b/winsup/cygwin/how-to-debug-cygwin.txt @@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ set CYGWIN_DEBUG=cat.exe=gdb.exe This will force gdb.exe to start when the program name contains the string "cat.exe". The '=gdb.exe' isn't really needed, since it is the default. It is just there to show how you can specify a program to run when the - program starts. + program starts. You can optionally set a breakpoint on "break_here" + once the debugger pops up and then you can single step through the + initialization process. Note that it bears repeating that both of the above options are *only* available when configuring cygwin with --enable-debugging. |