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In +particular, whenever you ask <small>GDB</small> for the value of a variable in +your program, the value is found in the selected frame. There are +special <small>GDB</small> commands to select whichever frame you are +interested in. See <a href="Selection.html#Selection">Selecting a Frame</a>. +</p> +<p>When your program stops, <small>GDB</small> automatically selects the +currently executing frame and describes it briefly, similar to the +<code>frame</code> command (see <a href="Frame-Info.html#Frame-Info">Information about a Frame</a>). +</p> +<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Frames.html#Frames" accesskey="1">Frames</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Stack frames +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Backtrace.html#Backtrace" accesskey="2">Backtrace</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Backtraces +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Selection.html#Selection" accesskey="3">Selection</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Selecting a frame +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Frame-Info.html#Frame-Info" accesskey="4">Frame Info</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Information on a frame +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Frame-Apply.html#Frame-Apply" accesskey="5">Frame Apply</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Applying a command to several frames +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Frame-Filter-Management.html#Frame-Filter-Management" accesskey="6">Frame Filter Management</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Managing frame filters +</td></tr> +<tr><th colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><pre class="menu-comment"> +</pre></th></tr></table> + +<hr> +<div class="header"> +<p> +Next: <a href="Source.html#Source" accesskey="n" rel="next">Source</a>, Previous: <a href="Process-Record-and-Replay.html#Process-Record-and-Replay" accesskey="p" rel="previous">Process Record and Replay</a>, Up: <a href="index.html#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> +</div> + + + +</body> +</html> |