Getting call stack (like dbx where cmd)

From: Adrian (notvalid_at_null.net)
Date: 10/29/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:27:55 -0700

Is there a way (understandably non-portable) to get the
call stack from within a function? That is, assuming the
application has been compiled with symbols, get the list
of calling function names (similar to dbx "where" command").

I am working with IBM compiler and AIX but any other
OS/compiler solution would be interesting as well.

To answer the inevitable question why I want this,
I am writing a simple profiler for my library. However,
within the library I want to distinguish which part of
the application I was called from....

Thanks for any ideas or pointers,
Adrian

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