Dump analyzer
Encyclopedia
A dump analyzer is a programming tool
which is used for understanding a machine readable core dump
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The GNU utils strings
, file, objdump
, readelf and the powerful gdb
can all be used to look inside core file
s.
Introspector is a core dump analyzer for a compiler.
Programming tool
A programming tool or software development tool is a program or application that software developers use to create, debug, maintain, or otherwise support other programs and applications...
which is used for understanding a machine readable core dump
Core dump
In computing, a core dump consists of the recorded state of the working memory of a computer program at a specific time, generally when the program has terminated abnormally...
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The GNU utils strings
Strings (Unix)
In computer software, strings is a program in Unix-like operating systems that finds and prints text strings embedded in binary files such as executables.It can be used on object files, and core dumps....
, file, objdump
Objdump
objdump is a program for displaying various information about object files. For instance, it can be used as a disassembler to view executable in assembly form...
, readelf and the powerful gdb
GNU Debugger
The GNU Debugger, usually called just GDB and named gdb as an executable file, is the standard debugger for the GNU software system. It is a portable debugger that runs on many Unix-like systems and works for many programming languages, including Ada, C, C++, Objective-C, Free Pascal, Fortran, Java...
can all be used to look inside core file
Computer file
A computer file is a block of arbitrary information, or resource for storing information, which is available to a computer program and is usually based on some kind of durable storage. A file is durable in the sense that it remains available for programs to use after the current program has finished...
s.
Introspector is a core dump analyzer for a compiler.