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Louise Mendes
Asked: May 18, 20222022-05-18T11:18:32+00:00 2022-05-18T11:18:32+00:00In: c

Error: No symbol table is loaded. Use the “file” command – quick tips

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I get the error message:

(gdb)exec-file main.o
 (gdb)break 59
 No symbol table is loaded. Use the "file" command.

Has anyone ever faced this problem? How to troubleshoot the “No symbol table is loaded. Use the “file” command.” The problem appears when I try to operate the following program:

gcc -g main.c utmpib2.c -o main.o
 and:
 cc -g main.c utmpib2.c -o main.o
 and also:
 g++ -g main.c utmpib2.c -o main.o
 $gdb
no symbol table is loaded
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    2022-06-12T17:27:31+00:00Added an answer on June 12, 2022 at 5:27 pm

    The cause: Because you have a completely built program, but not an object file. Therefore, the .o extension is invalid.

    Solution: The .o extension should be removed. And follow the suggestion in the error notice to resolve your issue: Use the “file” command.

    (gdb) exec-file test
    (gdb) b 2
    No symbol table is loaded. Use the "file" command.
    (gdb) file test
    Reading symbols from /home/user/test/test...done.
    (gdb) b 2
    Breakpoint 1 at 0x80483ea: file test.c, line 2.
    (gdb)

    Alternatively, you can just outdo the program from the command line.

    $ gdb test
    GNU gdb (GDB) 7.4
    Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
    [...]
    Reading symbols from /home/user/test/test...done.
    (gdb) b 2
    Breakpoint 1 at 0x80483ea: file test.c, line 2.
    (gdb)
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  2. Nathan Maury
    2022-05-25T20:21:49+00:00Added an answer on May 25, 2022 at 8:21 pm

    You will need to add the extra parameter -g which generates source-level debug information. This is how it will look:

    gcc -g prog.c

    Then you can use the gdb in a common way.

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