This book is a practical introduction on how to build and debug programs in Linux.
The book covers the following topics: * building a program, compilation and linking * overview of GNU C/C++ compiler * building programs from multiple modules * make and makefiles * static and dynamic libraries in Linux * debugging programs * detecting memory leaks
The book is addressed to beginners in Linux programming as well as those who have programmed using other environments and operating systems before (Windows, for example) and who now want to learn how to develop programs in Linux.
Certainly this book is suitable for gdb new users; but, i think it's better than the other non-sense tutorials. This book is quick tour about the fundamental features of gdb and things are like stories/scenarios every gdb will face based on every-day-usage. It takes half a day to read this book from cover-to-cover.