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Old 09-29-2011
i understand that fpmurphy, i am making changes in the application. this is only for a temporary fix

---------- Post updated at 09:49 PM ---------- Previous update was at 09:47 PM ----------

Anyway,
i got the answer.
Code:
gdb -p pid >input.txt <output.txt

i am simply redirecting the input and output and i am providing all commands that need to be run by gdb in the input file

Last edited by radoulov; 09-29-2011 at 03:59 PM.. Reason: Code tags.
# 16  
Old 09-29-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by alpha_romeo
i understand that fpmurphy, i am making changes in the application. this is only for a temporary fix

---------- Post updated at 09:49 PM ---------- Previous update was at 09:47 PM ----------

Anyway,
i got the answer.
gdb -p pid >input.txt <output.txt

i am simply redirecting the input and output and i am providing all commands that need to be run by gdb in the input file
Code:
>close_fd;for i in $(ls -1 /proc/YOURPID/fd/);do echo "call close($i)">>close_fd;done
echo -e "detach\nquit">>close_fd;gdb -p YOURPID -x close_fd

regards
ygemici
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