Backtraces (The GNU C Library)34.1 Backtraces A backtrace is a list of the function calls that are currently active in a thread. The usual way to inspect a backtrace of a program is to use an external debugger such as gdb. However, sometimes it is useful to obtain a backtrace programmatically from within a program, e.g., for the purposes of logging or diagnostics. The header file execinfo.h declares three functions that obtain
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