gdb: navigate in threads
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Thread information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Information about threads can be obtbained with the command
``info threads``.

The active thread is indicated by the character ``*``

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    info threads

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      5 Thread 27201  0x0ffae45c in read () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
      4 Thread 27200  0x0ffaac7c in __pthread_cond_timedwait (cond=0x129af7f8, mutex=0x129af828, abstime=0x4902e478) at pthread_cond_timedwait.c:159
      3 Thread 27198  0x0ffaecd4 in nanosleep () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
    * 2 Thread 27206  SETUP::CONFIG::SetupConfigSetup::notifyFileModified_internal (this=0x129f13c0) at /workspace/Libs/System/Setup/Config/SetupConfigSetup.cpp:653
      1 Thread 27194  0x0ffaac7c in __pthread_cond_timedwait (cond=0xbf9a3f58, mutex=0xbf9a3f88, abstime=0xbf9a3ef8) at pthread_cond_timedwait.c:159

Select a thread
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For selecting another thread we use the command ``thread 3``

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    thread 3

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    [Switching to thread 3 (Thread 27198)]#0  0x0ffaecd4 in nanosleep () from /opt/elinos-5.1/cdk/ppc/60x/glibc-2.11/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu//lib/libpthread.so.0