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Subject: What is ElectricFence?
Date: 21 Aug 96 22:54:06 GMT
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In article <slrn517la9 DOT 1a7 DOT dolittle AT weniac DOT math DOT toronto DOT edu>,
	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?

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Eyal Lebedinsky		(eyal AT eyal DOT emu DOT id DOT au)