Displaying the function stack trace

[Bjorn Reese]

Guenther Sohler wrote:

> Nevertheless - in that case, It would be very nice
> if my program could display the function hierarchy,
> how my program reached that exit.

Use abort() instead of exit(). This will leave a core file that
you can use for post-mortem debugging.

[ndevilla@nospam.free.fr]

Guenther Sohler wrote:
[...]

> Nevertheless - in that case, It would be very nice
> if my program could display the function hierarchy,
> how my program reached that exit.

You may want to have a look at etrace:
[url]http://ndevilla.free.fr/etrace/index.html[/url]

This tiny module allows you to trace your function
calls and print the stack as the program is running.
It only works with gcc, but on most Unixes though.

Hope it helps
--
Nicolas