例如，壹個程序cmm_test_tool在運行的時候發生了錯誤，並生成了壹個core文件，如下:
-rw-r–r– 1 root cmm_test_tool.c
-rw-r–r– 1 root
cmm_test_tool.o
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root cmm_test_tool
-rw--- 1 root
core.19344
-rw--- 1 root core.19351
-rw-r–r– 1 root
cmm_test_tool.cfg
-rw-r–r– 1 root cmm_test_tool.res
-rw-r–r– 1 root
cmm_test_tool.log
[root@AUTOTEST_SIM2 mam2cm]#
就可以利用命令gdb進行查找，參數壹是應用程序的名稱，參數二是core文件，運行
gdb
cmm_test_tool core.19344結果如下:
[root@AUTOTEST_SIM2 mam2cm]# gdb cmm_test_tool core.19344
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This GDB was configured as
“i386-redhat-linux”…
Core was generated by `./cmm_test_tool’.
Program
terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from
/lib/i686/libpthread.so.0…done.
Loaded symbols for
/lib/i686/libpthread.so.0
Reading symbols from
/lib/i686/libm.so.6…done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libm.so.6
Reading
symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1…done.
Loaded symbols for
/usr/lib/libz.so.1
Reading symbols from
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5…done.
Loaded symbols for
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5
Reading symbols from
/lib/i686/libc.so.6…done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libc.so.6
Reading
symbols from /lib/libgcc_s.so.1…done.
Loaded symbols for
/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2…done.
Loaded
symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Reading symbols from
/lib/libnss_files.so.2…done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_files.so.2
#0
0×4202cec1 in __strtoul_internal () from
/lib/i686/libc.so.6
(gdb)
進入gdb提示符，輸入where，找到錯誤發生的位置和堆棧，如下:
(gdb) where
#0 0×4202cec1 in __strtoul_internal () from
/lib/i686/libc.so.6
#1 0×4202d4e7 in strtoul () from
/lib/i686/libc.so.6
#2 0×0804b4da in GetMaxIDFromDB (get_type=2,
max_id=0×806fd20) at cmm_test_tool.c:788
#3 0×0804b9d7 in ConstrctVODProgram
(vod_program=0×40345bdc) at cmm_test_tool.c:946
#4 0×0804a2f4 in
TVRequestThread (arg=0×0) at cmm_test_tool.c:372
#5 0×40021941 in
pthread_start_thread () from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0
(gdb)
至此，可以看出文件出錯的位置是函數 GetMaxIDFromDB
，兩個參數分別是2和0×806fd20，這個函數位於源代碼的788行，基於此，我們就可以有針對性的找到問題的根源，並加以解決。