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Is there a tool that allows me to input a core dump and it's associated binary and then inspect values in a GUI, visually (something like Visual Studio's debugger, just not live)?

I'm having a bit of a hard time with GDB and would love to look at it in a Visual Debugger.

I can use either Linux or Windows 7 do run that tool.

The only features I need is to be able to see all the local variables from the stack trace and see the variable values. I need to be able to drill down into specific classes and follow linked lists. I have all the source code available.

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    Is the core dump produced on the same platform you'll be using the debugger on (because your application is cross-platform), or on a specific platform? What CPU type, executable format, etc.? – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' Mar 25 '14 at 10:43
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    @Gilles It is an x86 32-bit QNX Neutrino 6.4.1 core dump for an ELF binary developed on a Windows 7 64-bit platform and cross-compiled to QNX. I can debug on QNX, Linux, or Windows. Windows would probably be the easiest, but it doesn't really matter. – kmort Mar 25 '14 at 11:46
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For Linux, you will do just fine with KDbg.

Just give it the path to your executable, and away you go.

Features

•Inspection of variable values in a tree structure.

•Direct member: For certain compound data types the most important member values are displayed next to the variable name, so that it is not necessary to expand the subtree of that variable in order to see the member value. For example, you don't need to go into a variable of type QString if you want to see the string that the variable holds. (BTW, this is of course not hardcoded, but can be extended to new types.) KDbg can even display Qt's QString values, which are Unicode strings.

•Debugger at your finger tips: The basic debugger functions (step, next, run, finish, until, set/clear/enable/disable breakpoint) are bound to function keys F5 through F10. Quick and easy.

•Of course, lots of other basic functions: View source code, search text, set program arguments and environment variables, display arbitrary expressions. Everything you need to debug a program!

•Debugging of core dumps, attaching to running processes is possible.

•Conditional breakpoints.

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Another good option is the Data Diaply Debugger, known as DDD, which has the additional feature of visually displaying data structures and their linkages, enter image description here

as well as allowing you to plot data: enter image description here

Also, search the DDD page for "related resources", to find a few more which I was not aware of.

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