How do I stop execution in GDB without a breakpoint?

Question

How do I stop a GDB execution without a breakpoint?

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Answer 1

Just use a regular interrupt Ctrl-c will work just fine. GDB just forwards the SIGINT to the debugging process which then dies. GDB will catch the non-standard exit and break the process there, so you can still examine all the threads, their stacks and current values of variables. This works fine, though you would be better off using break points. The only time I find myself doing this is, if I think I've gotten into some sort of infinite loop.