how to use gdb to explore the stack/heap?

Question

Could anyone please give me a quick overview/point me to documentation of a way to inspect the stack (and heap?) of a C program? I thought this should be done with GDB, but if t

Answer 1

Try using ffffd. ffffd manual

Ok. Maybe I elaborate a little. I use it like this.

compile my program with debug symbols:

gcc -g program.c -o program

run ffffd:

ffffd program

In gui you can do all sorts of things, view machine code, view memory, etc. . Look around. In manual there is also a section of examining stack. ffffd provides good interface for you to examine C program.