pause gdb without breakpoint

Question

When I am debugging a program in Xcode, I can pause execution in there debugger console. Is there any way to do this using gdb from the command line?

I'd like to do this so I can modify breakpoints after the program has started.

Duplicate? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/614810/solaris-gdb-howto-pause-execution — Hannesh, Oct 09 '11 at 22:08

score 41 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 19 '16 at 13:37

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You can just press Ctrl+C and will be able to do what you ask, although it might not always work (see comments below).

edited Dec 19 '16 at 13:37

Antonio

answered Oct 09 '11 at 22:12

RushPL

Ah, I thought this ended execution. So simple. :) – rich.e Oct 09 '11 at 23:07
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I don't know who gave me '-' but I would appreciate a comment if this solution is "wrong" in some way or if there are better ways. Thanks. – RushPL Oct 10 '11 at 02:13
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CTRL-C for me in MinGW *does* end execution. Is there a different way? – Ben Jun 22 '14 at 17:11
@Ben: Try Cygwin instead, I've used it (mostly) successfully for development on Windows while I have no internet connection (for my Linux dev VPS). – Mark K Cowan Aug 24 '14 at 15:25
But it does not work in some cases: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5857300/gdb-ctrlc-doesnt-interrupt-process-as-it-usually-does – Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com Feb 17 '16 at 21:37

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