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| <h3 class="section">4.8 Killing the Child Process</h3> |
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| <dt><code>kill</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Kill the child process in which your program is running under <small>GDB</small>. |
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| <p>This command is useful if you wish to debug a core dump instead of a |
| running process. <small>GDB</small> ignores any core dump file while your program |
| is running. |
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| <p>On some operating systems, a program cannot be executed outside <small>GDB</small> |
| while you have breakpoints set on it inside <small>GDB</small>. You can use the |
| <code>kill</code> command in this situation to permit running your program |
| outside the debugger. |
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| <p>The <code>kill</code> command is also useful if you wish to recompile and |
| relink your program, since on many systems it is impossible to modify an |
| executable file while it is running in a process. In this case, when you |
| next type <code>run</code>, <small>GDB</small> notices that the file has changed, and |
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