Patent ID: 6804813
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A symbol resolution system program product for use with a symbolic debugger, the symbolic debugger for accessing data of named executable modules of an operating system executing on at least one target machine independent of the symbolic debugger, the operating system having version information, the symbol resolution system program product comprising computer readable code stored on computer readable media, the computer readable code comprising:Code for accessing a library containing a plurality of symbol files stored in a memory system; wherein each symbol file of the library is associated with a named executable module and a version of the operating system, and wherein the library is capable of containing symbol files associated with more than one version of the operating system; code for automatically locating a symbol file of the library according to a name of an executable module and the version information of the operating system executing on a target machine of the at least one target machine; code for automatically verifying correspondence of the located symbol file with an executable module on the target machine; and code for resolving symbols according to information contained in the located symbol file.