2003-04-17 Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>

	    Karen Bennet  <bennet@redhat.com>

	Committed by Elena Zannoni  <ezannoni@redhat.com>
	* gdb_gcore.sh: New script to create a core dump of a process.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 08cbb63adf6f2cf68d1c660fe3b58d1e353d0b8e..5f5609c3108eb579e3f7127c11862e6db1c3bbfc 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-04-17  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@redhat.com>
+           Karen Bennet  <bennet@redhat.com>
+
+       Committed by Elena Zannoni  <ezannoni@redhat.com>
+       * gdb_gcore.sh: New script to create a core dump of a process.
+       
 2003-04-17  Elena Zannoni  <ezannoni@redhat.com>
 
        * values.c (value_being_returned): Don't fetch the return

diff --git a/gdb/gdb_gcore.sh b/gdb/gdb_gcore.sh
new file mode 100755 (executable)
index 0000000..9b42808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/gdb_gcore.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#   Copyright 2003  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  
+
+# Please email any bugs, comments, and/or additions to this file to:
+# bug-gdb@prep.ai.mit.edu
+
+#
+# gcore.sh
+# Script to generate a core file of a running program.
+# It starts up gdb, attaches to the given PID and invokes the gcore command.
+#
+
+if [ "$#" -eq "0" ]
+then
+    echo "usage:  gcore [-o filename] pid"
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+# Need to check for -o option, but set default basename to "core".
+name=core
+
+if [ "$1" = "-o" ]
+then
+    if [ "$#" -lt "3" ]
+    then
+       # Not enough arguments.
+       echo "usage:  gcore [-o filename] pid"
+       exit 2
+    fi
+    name=$2
+
+    # Shift over to start of pid list
+    shift; shift
+fi
+
+# Initialise return code.
+rc=0
+
+# Loop through pids
+for pid in $*
+do
+       # Write gdb script for pid $pid.  
+
+       # Avoid need for temporary files by using funky "here
+       # document" feature of sh.
+
+       /usr/bin/gdb > /dev/null << EOF
+       attach $pid
+       gcore $name.$pid
+       detach
+       quit
+EOF
+
+       if [ -r $name.$pid ] ; then 
+           rc=0
+       else
+           echo gcore: failed to create $name.$pid
+           rc=1
+           break
+       fi
+
+
+done
+
+exit $rc
+