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From: "Steven" <sos22@cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: (F)stack trace
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 08:57:04 +0100
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> is it possible to get the stack trace without attaching the process
> to debugger. For Ex. can i write a func let's say
> "print_stack_trace()" and call it anywhere in my program to print
> the stack trace at that point of time.
If you're using glibc, it's reasonably easy:

#include <execinfo.h>

void print_stack_trace(void)
{
	void *buffer[100];
	int x;
	x = backtrace(buffer, 100);
	backtrace_symbols_fd(buffer, x, 1);
}

Steven Smith,
sos22@cam.ac.uk.

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