David Resnick wrote: > Hi, > > I have a very large core file that I'd like to try and debug: > -rw-------+ 1 cmsapp cmsapp 2633666560 Apr 25 17:27 core.17598 > > Attempts to open it with gdb are giving this: > /var/cti/cores/cms/pfp/core.17598: File too large. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] pfp]# gdb --version > GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.0post-0.20040223.17rh) > > Anyone have any wisdom to offer? I tried the gdb manual/googling the > issue, and didn't have any luck as yet, though I'll keep poking. Would > a later version of gdb be better at largefiles? > > Thanks! > -David
Experimenting showed that if I did split --bytes=2000m core.17598, gdb could open the 2Gb core fragment that resulted and I got my stack trace. Still curious if there is a better solution. -David _______________________________________________ help-gnu-utils mailing list help-gnu-utils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-utils