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  19 <h2 class="chapter">Debugging Programs That Use Overlays</h2>
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  21    <p>If your program is too large to fit completely in your target system's
  22 memory, you can sometimes use <dfn>overlays</dfn> to work around this
  23 problem.  GDB provides some support for debugging programs that
  24 use overlays.
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  27 <li><a accesskey="1" href="How-Overlays-Work.html#How%20Overlays%20Work">How Overlays Work</a>:               A general explanation of overlays.
  28 <li><a accesskey="2" href="Overlay-Commands.html#Overlay%20Commands">Overlay Commands</a>:                Managing overlays in GDB.
  29 <li><a accesskey="3" href="Automatic-Overlay-Debugging.html#Automatic%20Overlay%20Debugging">Automatic Overlay Debugging</a>:     GDB can find out which overlays are
  30                                    mapped by asking the inferior.
  31 <li><a accesskey="4" href="Overlay-Sample-Program.html#Overlay%20Sample%20Program">Overlay Sample Program</a>:          A sample program using overlays.
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