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Re: Fwd: 1.5.25: Tools to diagnose unresponsive pre-compiled executables?
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Dave Korn
<dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> On 12/17/2009 12:24 PM, Gilles Lehoux wrote:
>>> Some of my executables are unresponsive. What tools exist in cygwin
>>> (other than gdb) to diagnose what is going on? There is no output from
>>> the executable (ex. error msg) and these are pre-compiled executables.
>>> No graphics. Strictly command line executables.
>>
>> Sounds like you're missing some DLLs the executables depend on. ?Try
>> running 'cygcheck arm-elf-c++.exe' and see if it complains about not
>> finding some DLLs.
>
> ?Also, in answer to the generic "what tools exist" question, a basic one is
> "echo $?", which prints the exit status of the previous bash command. ?(Not
> always informative, but often enough to be worth checking.)
>
> ? ?cheers,
> ? ? ?DaveK
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That is an excellent tip. Can you recommend a tip sheet or webpage
where tips along the same vein have been gathered?
Gilles.
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