not in executable format: File format not recognized
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not in executable format: File format not recognized
Hi,I've searched the similar threads,but my problems still exist.I need help,thank you.Following is my problem:
administrator@administrator-laptop:~$ gdb /home/administrator/codes/test.cGNU gdb 6.8-debian
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"...
"/home/administrator/codes/test.c": not in executable format: File format not recognized
(gdb)
You problem is exactly what the error says - test.c is not executable - it's the source code. You need to compile it first. Something like "gcc test.c"
You problem is exactly what the error says - test.c is not executable - it's the source code. You need to compile it first. Something like "gcc test.c"
thanks for your answer,but i did have compile it,and i still have the problem.As follows:
administrator@administrator-laptop:~/codes$ gcc -o histogram histogram.c
administrator@administrator-laptop:~/codes$ ./histogram
test hello^
||||
|||||
administrator@administrator-laptop:~/codes$ gdb histogram
GNU gdb 6.8-debian
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"...
(gdb) file histogram.c
"/home/administrator/codes/histogram.c": not in executable format: File format not recognized
the program have aleady run,but when i use gdb,it has problems...
Sorry - your problem is the "file histogram.c" entry. This is trying to load histogram.c as the executable. You don't need the file command since you loaded the executable at gdb histogram
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