Gotcha. You're asking about the kinds of things in the toolbox of an old school UNIX programmer.
That's pretty much the list I gave, so it's all good! ~Ryan On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Jeremy Leonard<[email protected]> wrote: > > I am trying to find tools that I can use (from the command line) that > would help me to debug and/or learn more about how the programs I > write in C/C++ work, or things like the make system. If these tools > have already been mentioned, or don't exist then that's ok. I was just > curious about what tools (if any) are available. I hope this helps > clarify what I was trying to ask. Thank's > > On Jun 17, 8:48 am, Ryan Graham <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think the confusion is that you're looking for something other than >> GCC, which is really all you need. >> >> You mentioned GDB, but I would guess that a large number of people >> don't even use it (myself included). >> >> Other tools I've used in the past that may be what you're looking for: >> valgrind >> cscope >> ctags >> splint >> awk/sed/grep >> vim/emacs >> doxygen >> make/automake/autoconf >> any common scripting language (perl, sh, python, etc.) >> >> I'm not sure what kinds of tools you're thinking of, but I'm guessing >> that they either don't exist, or you haven't stumbled upon the magic >> words to describe them yet. >> >> ~Ryan >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:33 AM, Jeremy Leonard<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Not an ide like eclipse, anjunta, or kdevelop. As I mentioned in my >> > original post, I am looking for suggestions on programming tools >> > available from the command line (other the gcc/g++ or gdb as I already >> > have a good foundation for how to use these.) >> >> > On Jun 17, 2:33 am, Umarzuki Mochlis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 2009/6/17 Jeremy Leonard <[email protected]> >> >> >> > Thanks for the link, but not what I had in mind. Using g++ to compile >> >> > programs is the part that I already have down. It's additional tools >> >> > in addition to g++ (and scripts that call g++) that I am asking about. >> >> >> You mean like IDE? Eclipse? >> >> >> > On Jun 15, 2:14 am, Umarzuki Mochlis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > 2009/6/15 Chris Miller <[email protected]> >> >> >> > > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Jeremy Leonard<[email protected]> >> >> > > > wrote: >> >> >> > > > > I am in the process of re-learning C++. I know how to compile my >> >> > > > > programs from the command line using gcc/g++. >> >> >> > > gccp temp.cpp >> >> >> > > check outhttp://www.arachnoid.com/cpptutor/setup_unix.html >> >> >> > > > I am also wanting to >> >> > > > > learn how to use gdb from the command line. Are there any other >> >> > tools >> >> > > > > available that would be useful to learn? Right now I am primarily >> >> > > > > concerned with tools that I can use from the command line. >> >> > > > > Thanks in >> >> > > > > advance. >> >> >> > > > Valgrind helps check for memory leaks, that's a real important one >> >> > > > to >> >> > > > learn. >> >> --http://rmgraham.blogspot.com > > > -- http://rmgraham.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
