gdb core dump

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Paul Gilbert <pgilbert@bank-banque-canada.ca> writes:

> When I get a segmentation fault and core dump can I use gdb to examine the core
> file and get any useful information about why and where things went wrong? Do I
> need to compile R in a special way to do this? Obviously I'm a newbie at this.
> Details would be appreciated.
> 
> Paul Gilbert

Just execute as

R -d gdb

(and type 'run')

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