Exception Traceback / Frame Unwind 2

[Ben Clewett]

Bud,

This looks exactly what I am looking for.  Thanks for the reply.

Would you happen to know the name of the lib or include file so that I 
can google some information on this?

Regards, Ben.


Bud Davis wrote:

> If you are using glibc, they have a mechanism for retreiving the
> call stack and printing out the information.  Here is a portion
> of the info page:
> 
> 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.
>                                                                                                                                                         
> 
> Is this what you are looking for ?
> 
> 
> regards,
> bud davis