Why would you want to do this?

Sometimes you have a program which is stuck in an infinite loop and need a stack trace from it. While it's true that you could attach a debugger in order to get such a trace, it doesn't help if the symbols aren't available. Sometimes applications have their symbols stripped into a database (e.g. talkback), which means that the best way to get a stack is to force talkback to generate a report.

How do I use this program?

• Find the PID of the hung process. You can look it up in task manager in the Processes tab.
• Run: crash PID

Is the source available?

Yes, as crash.cpp.