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If you are doing native debugging, you may redirect 78your program’s input and output, debug an already running process, or 79kill a child process. 80</p> 81<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> 82<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Compilation.html#Compilation" accesskey="1">Compilation</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Compiling for debugging 83</td></tr> 84<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Starting.html#Starting" accesskey="2">Starting</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Starting your program 85</td></tr> 86<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Arguments.html#Arguments" accesskey="3">Arguments</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Your program’s arguments 87</td></tr> 88<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Environment.html#Environment" accesskey="4">Environment</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Your program’s environment 89</td></tr> 90<tr><th colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><pre class="menu-comment"> 91</pre></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Working-Directory.html#Working-Directory" accesskey="5">Working Directory</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Your program’s working directory 92</td></tr> 93<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Input_002fOutput.html#Input_002fOutput" accesskey="6">Input/Output</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Your program’s input and output 94</td></tr> 95<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Attach.html#Attach" accesskey="7">Attach</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Debugging an already-running process 96</td></tr> 97<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Kill-Process.html#Kill-Process" accesskey="8">Kill Process</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Killing the child process 98</td></tr> 99<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Inferiors-Connections-and-Programs.html#Inferiors-Connections-and-Programs" accesskey="9">Inferiors Connections and Programs</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Debugging multiple inferiors 100 connections and programs 101</td></tr> 102<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Threads.html#Threads">Threads</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Debugging programs with multiple threads 103</td></tr> 104<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Forks.html#Forks">Forks</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Debugging forks 105</td></tr> 106<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Checkpoint_002fRestart.html#Checkpoint_002fRestart">Checkpoint/Restart</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Setting a <em>bookmark</em> to return to later 107</td></tr> 108</table> 109 110 111 112 113</body> 114</html> 115