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RE: examining remote core dumps; MT support for attach;
- From: nak26 <nak26 at drexel dot edu>
- To: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>, Kevin Buettner <kevinb at redhat dot com>
- Cc: drow <drow at montavista dot com>, gdb <gdb at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:00:54 -0400
- Subject: RE: examining remote core dumps; MT support for attach;
>===== Original Message From Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> =====
>On Jun 12, 4:17pm, nak26 wrote:
>
>> >> 1. Is it possible to examine a core file on a remote machine, in the
cases,
>> >> where fetching the core is undesirable due to the thinness of the pipe.
>> >
>> >This is not supported.
>>
>> Can anybody think of another way of doing that (not involving gdbserver)?
>
>Either copy the file to the host or use some sort of remote filesystem
>mount (e.g. NFS) to get at the core file.
>
>I have a feeling that this isn't exactly what you wanted to hear though...
>
>Kevin
Copying is not desirable. Cross-mounting is an option.
Thanks,
--Nik