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Re: GDB Interrupts on Cygwin


On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 10:15:13AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 06:56:55AM -0500, Bob Rossi wrote:
> >On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 03:55:08AM -0500, Doug Bohl wrote:
> >> When running a Windows application from GDB, GDB gives control to the
> >> application at a certain point.  It would be nice to, at an arbitrary
> >> time, suspend the application and give control back to GDB.  I know
> >> that I can set breakpoints, but sometimes I don't know exactly when I
> >> want to break until after I'm running the application.  Ctrl-C
> >> supposedly sends the SIGINT signal to GDB, breaking the running
> >> application and restoring control to GDB.  However, this does not
> >> appear to work, at least not on Cygwin.
> >
> >Even though this may seem strange, try this. Before starting GDB, type
> >'tty' at the console. Then, after you start GDB, run the command 'tty
> >outputofttycommandfromconsole'. I think this will enable the ^c.
> 
> This is a no-voodoo zone.
> 
> CTRL-C works fine in gdb.  I use it ALL of the time.
> 
> Maybe the OP has CYGWIN=tty set or is trying to run from rxvt.  If so,
> don't do that.  Run gdb from a windows console and it should work fine.

O, right. Sorry. The bug I was talking about only appears when you
fork/exec GDB from within a program.

Bob Rossi

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