Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 22:22:08 -0500
Message-Id: <199702010322.WAA27216@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970131220952.140J-100000@capslock.com>
	(mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca)
Subject: Re: SIGSEV error numbers


> So what symify actually does is gets the EIP value out of video memory
> and scans your exe file for the location using the debug info?  I am
> unclear of this and still kinda new to DJ. (1 year programming with
> DJ).

"DJ" is a human (me).  "DJGPP" is a development environment.  Please
try not to confuse the two :-)

Yes, symify reads video memory to get %eip values, then reads your
executable's symbol table and debugging information, then writes the
stack trace back out to video memory.