18 GDB Files ************ GDB needs to know the file name of the program to be debugged, both in order to read its symbol table and in order to start your program. To debug a core dump of a previous run, you must also tell GDB the name of the core dump file.
· Files Commands to specify files · File Caching Information about GDB's file caching · Separate Debug Files Debugging information in separate files · MiniDebugInfo Debugging information in a special section · Index Files Index files speed up GDB · Symbol Errors Errors reading symbol files · Data Files GDB data files