""" debug utilities """ | |
import os | |
import pexpect | |
import sys | |
gdb_path = '/usr/bin/gdb' | |
def spawn_gdb(binary_path, core_path): | |
if os.path.isfile(gdb_path) and os.access(gdb_path, os.X_OK): | |
# automatically attach gdb | |
gdb_cmdline = "%s %s %s" % (gdb_path, binary_path, core_path) | |
gdb = pexpect.spawn(gdb_cmdline) | |
gdb.interact() | |
try: | |
gdb.terminate(True) | |
except: | |
pass | |
if gdb.isalive(): | |
raise Exception("GDB refused to die...") | |
else: | |
sys.stderr.write("Debugger '%s' does not exist or is not " | |
"an executable..\n" % gdb_path) |