attach_c

attach_c command for gdb. Use it to to attach to processes by name instead of pid

How To Install

• pip install git+git://github.com/ggodik/attach_c
• or pip install setup.py if you have the files locally. also try running the tests
• create a .gdbinit file in your root directory (~/) if you don't have one
• if you cannot install into root, install locally and manually add that path to your sys.path for gdb

python
import sys
sys.path.append('path-to-where-you-installed-your-local-packages')
end

• paste this into your .gdbinit file as well

python
from attach_c.command import Attach_C
Attach_C()
end

How to Use

1. start gdb
2. issue attach_c optionally followed by process name
3. if process name is unique, gdb will attach. Show you a list otherwise. See examples below

Examples

With no input - list your processes

[0] 15428 george /home/user/george/bin/gdb
[1] 31292 george /bin/bash
[2] 32445 george /usr/bin/emacs-23.1

With a single matching process

[0] 32445 george /usr/bin/emacs-23.1
attaching:  32445
Attaching to process 32445
Reading symbols from /usr/bin/emacs-23.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
......

We must go deeper

[0] 26062 george /home/user/george/bin/gdb
attaching:  26062
Python Exception <class 'gdb.error'> I refuse to debug myself!:
Error occurred in Python command: I refuse to debug myself!