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Re: missing text segment in Elf dump
On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 11:30:56AM -0700, Lucy Zhang wrote:
> Can you elaborate on how GDB gets it from the application? and by
> application do you mean the executable file?
Yes. They are both ELF binaries with mapped sections. GDB can read
data directly from the application; and the kernel generally will not
dump it.
> Also, when I try to look at the source code using "list", does this have
> anything to do with the text segment? I ask because it would work for some
> source files and not for others. i.e.
> (gdb) list condvar.c:88
> 83 condvar.c: No such file or directory.
> in condvar.c
No, this has nothing to do with segments, only with debug information.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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