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You may then examine and 80change variables, set new breakpoints or remove old ones, and then 81continue execution. Usually, the messages shown by <small>GDB</small> provide 82ample explanation of the status of your program—but you can also 83explicitly request this information at any time. 84</p> 85<dl compact="compact"> 86<dd><a name="index-info-program"></a> 87</dd> 88<dt><code>info program</code></dt> 89<dd><p>Display information about the status of your program: whether it is 90running or not, what process it is, and why it stopped. 91</p></dd> 92</dl> 93 94<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> 95<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Breakpoints.html#Breakpoints" accesskey="1">Breakpoints</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Breakpoints, watchpoints, and catchpoints 96</td></tr> 97<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Continuing-and-Stepping.html#Continuing-and-Stepping" accesskey="2">Continuing and Stepping</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Resuming execution 98</td></tr> 99<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Skipping-Over-Functions-and-Files.html#Skipping-Over-Functions-and-Files" accesskey="3">Skipping Over Functions and Files</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> 100 Skipping over functions and files 101</td></tr> 102<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Signals.html#Signals" accesskey="4">Signals</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Signals 103</td></tr> 104<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Thread-Stops.html#Thread-Stops" accesskey="5">Thread Stops</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Stopping and starting multi-thread programs 105</td></tr> 106</table> 107 108 109 110 111</body> 112</html> 113