Re: Ques. about remote debugging using gdb

[Andreas Zeller]

Hi!

"David McCarthy" <address@hidden> writes:

> I am trying to debug a program on my client's site. So, in order to get the
> gdb shell fired up on the client machine, I have to invoke a shell command to
> telnet to machine A, and then telnet to another machine B from machine
> A. Then, I can start gdb on machine B and debug.
> 
> From what I understand about ddd, it should not care so much as to how many
> machines I have to telnet thru as long as it gets the gdb prompt and it takes
> over from there.
> 
> So, is there a way to tell ddd to invoke a remote shell, and hand over the
> control to me i.e. let me login to machine B before trying to launch gdb in
> that shell.
> 
> Any suggestions/pointers are greatly appreciated...

The DDD manual?  Look for `--host' and `--rhost' options.

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