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Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 17:11:16 +0400
From: egor duda <deo AT logos-m DOT ru>
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To: Christopher Faylor <cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.3.3, dumper.exe, question
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Hi!

Friday, 07 September, 2001 Christopher Faylor cgf AT redhat DOT com wrote:

CF> I'm going to be including dumper.exe with the next version of cygwin.
CF> I've been meaning to do this for a long time and I keep forgetting.

CF> I'm going to mention this in the release notes:

CF> - dumper.exe now comes with cygwin releases by default.  With dumper.exe
CF>   you can actually have linux produce linux-style core dumps.  To use,

CF>       set CYGWIN=error_start=c:/cygwin/bin/dumper.cmd

CF>   Then if you cygwin application enters into a state where a core dump
CF>   would be produced under linux (e.g., SIGSEGV, SIGBUS, etc.) dumper.exe
CF>   will be called to produce it.  You can then use gdb to inspect the

CF> Does this seem correct?  I will include a dumper.cmd file which just
CF> has this in it:

CF> dumper -c %1 %2

CF> However wouldn't it make sense for dumper to take the same arguments as
CF> gdb?  If there are two arguments then the first is a filename and the
CF> second is a pid.

CF> Then I wouldn't need to create a dumper.cmd file.

i've got no objections to this. i've patched dumper sources in my
local tree to avoid the need to '-c', if nobody's against it, i'll
check it in.

CF> Egor?  I have a feeling this has been discussed before.  I should probably
CF> check the archives but that would set a bad precedent...

no, i don't remember it's being discussed :)

Egor.            mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19