> Is there some online reference for gdb? I consulted a Linux programming book > but it did not help. I tried the command 'gdb licq core' but this got me > nowhere; no 'core' file is created. I have used gdb before but for some > reason, I cannot get it to work. Perhaps I have forgotten how to do this. >
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~hamlet/lib/lessons/gdb/gdb/gdb.html Try searching the web for more. BTW: How come that there is a gdb dir under /usr/doc/ but there is not one under /usr/share/doc/ ? What is the exact policy about /usr/doc/ and /usr/share/doc/ ? [10:31:02 /tmp]$ ls -d /usr/doc/g* /usr/doc/gawk /usr/doc/gettext-base /usr/doc/groff /usr/doc/gcc /usr/doc/glimpse /usr/doc/gs /usr/doc/gconv-modules /usr/doc/gpm /usr/doc/gsfonts /usr/doc/gdb /usr/doc/grep /usr/doc/gv /usr/doc/gettext /usr/doc/grep-dctrl /usr/doc/gzip [10:31:07 /tmp]$ ls -d /usr/share/doc/g* /usr/share/doc/gcc /usr/share/doc/grep /usr/share/doc/gs /usr/share/doc/gconv-modules /usr/share/doc/grep-dctrl /usr/share/doc/gzip /usr/share/doc/gpm /usr/share/doc/groff [10:31:21 /tmp]$