X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4B2A7731.3040309@gmail.com> References: <4B2A6CA9.8060206@cygwin.com> <4B2A7731.3040309@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:23:20 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Fwd: 1.5.25: Tools to diagnose unresponsive pre-compiled executables? From: Gilles Lehoux To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Dave Korn wrote: > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> On 12/17/2009 12:24 PM, Gilles Lehoux wrote: >>> Some of my executables are unresponsive. What tools exist in cygwin >>> (other than gdb) to diagnose what is going on? There is no output from >>> the executable (ex. error msg) and these are pre-compiled executables. >>> No graphics. Strictly command line executables. >> >> Sounds like you're missing some DLLs the executables depend on. =A0Try >> running 'cygcheck arm-elf-c++.exe' and see if it complains about not >> finding some DLLs. > > =A0Also, in answer to the generic "what tools exist" question, a basic on= e is > "echo $?", which prints the exit status of the previous bash command. =A0= (Not > always informative, but often enough to be worth checking.) > > =A0 =A0cheers, > =A0 =A0 =A0DaveK > > > -- > Problem reports: =A0 =A0 =A0 http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: =A0 =A0 =A0http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > That is an excellent tip. Can you recommend a tip sheet or webpage where tips along the same vein have been gathered? Gilles. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple