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<a name="Attach"></a>
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Next: <a href="Kill-Process.html#Kill-Process" accesskey="n" rel="next">Kill Process</a>, Previous: <a href="Input_002fOutput.html#Input_002fOutput" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Input/Output</a>, Up: <a href="Running.html#Running" accesskey="u" rel="up">Running</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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<a name="Debugging-an-Already_002drunning-Process"></a>
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<h3 class="section">4.7 Debugging an Already-running Process</h3>
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<a name="index-attach-1"></a>
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<a name="index-attach"></a>
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<dl compact="compact">
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<dt><code>attach <var>process-id</var></code></dt>
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<dd><p>This command attaches to a running process—one that was started
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outside <small>GDB</small>. (<code>info files</code> shows your active
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targets.) The command takes as argument a process ID. The usual way to
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find out the <var>process-id</var> of a Unix process is with the <code>ps</code> utility,
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or with the ‘<samp>jobs -l</samp>’ shell command.
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</p>
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<p><code>attach</code> does not repeat if you press <tt class="key">RET</tt> a second time after
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executing the command.
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</p></dd>
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<p>To use <code>attach</code>, your program must be running in an environment
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which supports processes; for example, <code>attach</code> does not work for
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programs on bare-board targets that lack an operating system. You must
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also have permission to send the process a signal.
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</p>
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<p>When you use <code>attach</code>, the debugger finds the program running in
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the process first by looking in the current working directory, then (if
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the program is not found) by using the source file search path
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(see <a href="Source-Path.html#Source-Path">Specifying Source Directories</a>). You can also use
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the <code>file</code> command to load the program. See <a href="Files.html#Files">Commands to
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Specify Files</a>.
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</p>
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<p>The first thing <small>GDB</small> does after arranging to debug the specified
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process is to stop it. You can examine and modify an attached process
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with all the <small>GDB</small> commands that are ordinarily available when
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you start processes with <code>run</code>. You can insert breakpoints; you
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can step and continue; you can modify storage. If you would rather the
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process continue running, you may use the <code>continue</code> command after
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attaching <small>GDB</small> to the process.
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<dl compact="compact">
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<dd><a name="index-detach"></a>
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<dt><code>detach</code></dt>
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<dd><p>When you have finished debugging the attached process, you can use the
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<code>detach</code> command to release it from <small>GDB</small> control. Detaching
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the process continues its execution. After the <code>detach</code> command,
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that process and <small>GDB</small> become completely independent once more, and you
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are ready to <code>attach</code> another process or start one with <code>run</code>.
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<code>detach</code> does not repeat if you press <tt class="key">RET</tt> again after
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executing the command.
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<p>If you exit <small>GDB</small> while you have an attached process, you detach
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that process. If you use the <code>run</code> command, you kill that process.
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By default, <small>GDB</small> asks for confirmation if you try to do either of these
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things; you can control whether or not you need to confirm by using the
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<code>set confirm</code> command (see <a href="Messages_002fWarnings.html#Messages_002fWarnings">Optional Warnings and
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Messages</a>).
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Next: <a href="Kill-Process.html#Kill-Process" accesskey="n" rel="next">Kill Process</a>, Previous: <a href="Input_002fOutput.html#Input_002fOutput" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Input/Output</a>, Up: <a href="Running.html#Running" accesskey="u" rel="up">Running</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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