If I run a executable for a process ( say I have written a simple c program and then compiled it to create a a.out executable), so on the bash console I run ./a.out, now my query is can I use GDB and find out variable stored in stack , heap, say more refined I want to see the bss , global storage area for a process using gdb ... how can I do that ?? - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html