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71<h3 class="section">4.8 Killing the Child Process</h3>
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76<dt><code>kill</code></dt>
77<dd><p>Kill the child process in which your program is running under <small>GDB</small>.
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81<p>This command is useful if you wish to debug a core dump instead of a
82running process.  <small>GDB</small> ignores any core dump file while your program
83is running.
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85<p>On some operating systems, a program cannot be executed outside <small>GDB</small>
86while you have breakpoints set on it inside <small>GDB</small>.  You can use the
87<code>kill</code> command in this situation to permit running your program
88outside the debugger.
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90<p>The <code>kill</code> command is also useful if you wish to recompile and
91relink your program, since on many systems it is impossible to modify an
92executable file while it is running in a process.  In this case, when you
93next type <code>run</code>, <small>GDB</small> notices that the file has changed, and
94reads the symbol table again (while trying to preserve your current
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