Xref: news2.mv.net comp.os.linux.development.apps:21638 comp.os.msdos.djgpp:7966 From: root AT eyal DOT emu DOT id DOT au (root) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.linux.development.apps Subject: What is ElectricFence? Date: 21 Aug 96 22:54:06 GMT Organization: Eyal at home Lines: 16 Message-ID: <321b938e.0@cheese.pcug.org.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: cheese.pcug.org.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp In article , dolittle AT weniac DOT math DOT toronto DOT edu (Ed Doolittle) writes: > In order to do the job, I had to do the following. > > * recompile the library with debugging information > * link the applications with ElectricFence > * run them under gdb on a second terminal attached > to my computer with standard error redirected to the > currently displayed virtual console, e.g., > gdb testshape 2> /dev/tty1 What is the abovementioned ElectricFence? I assume it is a memory debugging library (or option?). Any references to it? -- Eyal Lebedinsky (eyal AT eyal DOT emu DOT id DOT au)