Re: how can I get a backtrace from inside my program?

["Brian J. Tarricone" <bjt23 cornell edu>]

Garth's KidStuff wrote:
> I have a large Gtk app running on Ubuntu and I'd love to be able to log
> stack trace information when unusual events occur.  Any ideas on where to
> look for this?

If you don't mind that it only works on Linux, with glibc and gcc, take 
a look at backtrace() and backtrace_symbols() (or 
backtrace_symbols_fd()).  I've never used it myself, but that might be 
what you're looking for.

        -brian