From: jeffdbREMOVETHIS@goodnet.com (Mikey) Subject: Re: Parsing *.EXE.core files 10 Jun 1998 03:22:28 -0700 Message-ID: <357d5977.136376970.cygnus.gnu-win32@smtp.goodnet.com> References: <199806081257.IAA28432.cygnus.gnu-win32@monty> Reply-To: jeffdbREMOVETHIS@goodnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Try addr2line.exe something like for file in *.core;do cat $file|cut -d ' ' -f 10|grep '0x' -|addr2line -f -e \ /bin/`basename $file .core`;cat $file|cut -d ' ' -f 10|grep '0x' -|addr2line \ -fe /bin/cygwinb19.dll;done or addr2line -e /path/filename.exe -f `cat FILENAME.EXE.core|cut -d ' ' -f 10|grep '0x' -` addr2line -e /bin/cygwinb19.dll -f `cat FILENAME.EXE.core|cut -d ' ' -f 10|grep '0x' -` 1 you need debug info in the exe. 2 you need debug info in the dll calls into the system dlls or into the cygwinb19.dll when parsing the exe and vica/versa will show ??:0\n?? Obviously you could rewrite gdb to include this functionality, but this might be a bit easier. ;^) On 8 Jun 1998 22:52:52 GMT, you wrote: >In article <199806081257.IAA28432.cygnus.gnu-win32@monty>, >David Bush wrote: >>I am looking at building a tool to parse the "core" file produced by >>Cygwin on a crash with the idea of convertnig some of the addresses to >>symbolic locations. I have two questions: >>1. Has anyone else looke into this? I'd be happy to collaborate if work >> is under way. >>2. Does anyone know how to get GDB to erturn a source line number ginve >> an address. I've looked at disassemble, but that does not give >> line numbers. > >It's funny that I was just talking with a Cygnus gdb developer today. >We were trying to figure out exactly how to do this but didn't come >to a conclusion. He did point me in the direction of the maintenance >command, however. > >Also notice that the command "p/a some-number" will print the name >of a symbol plus some offset. It's still not the line number but >it is slightly more useful. > >Finally, you might investigate the nm command. It can dump all sorts >of information about the symbol table. ===================================================== Linux a platform built by, and for users, standing on the firm legs of reliability, and speed. Microsoft Windows, a platform without a leg to stand on. (jeffdbREMOVETHIS@goodnet.com) delete REMOVETHIS from the above to reply Mikey - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".