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  65. <h2 class="chapter">5 Stopping and Continuing</h2>
  66. <p>The principal purposes of using a debugger are so that you can stop your
  67. program before it terminates; or so that, if your program runs into
  68. trouble, you can investigate and find out why.
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  70. <p>Inside <small>GDB</small>, your program may stop for any of several reasons,
  71. such as a signal, a breakpoint, or reaching a new line after a
  72. <small>GDB</small> command such as <code>step</code>. You may then examine and
  73. change variables, set new breakpoints or remove old ones, and then
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  81. <dt><code>info program</code></dt>
  82. <dd><p>Display information about the status of your program: whether it is
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