@finalout
@syncodeindex ky cp
-@c readline appendices use @vindex
+@c readline appendices use @vindex, @findex and @ftable,
+@c annotate.texi uses @findex.
@syncodeindex vr cp
+@syncodeindex fn cp
@c gdbmi uses @findex
@syncodeindex fn cp
@table @code
@kindex quit @r{[}@var{expression}@r{]}
-@kindex q
+@kindex q @r{(@code{quit})}
@item quit @r{[}@var{expression}@r{]}
@itemx q
To exit @value{GDBN}, use the @code{quit} command (abbreviated
arguments to the @code{help} command.
@cindex repeating commands
-@kindex RET
+@kindex RET @r{(repeat last command)}
A blank line as input to @value{GDBN} (typing just @key{RET}) means to
repeat the previous command. Certain commands (for example, @code{run})
will not repeat this way; these are commands whose unintentional
@key{RET} too many in this situation, @value{GDBN} disables command
repetition after any command that generates this sort of display.
-@kindex #
+@kindex # @r{(a comment)}
@cindex comment
Any text from a @kbd{#} to the end of the line is a comment; it does
nothing. This is useful mainly in command files (@pxref{Command
using the command @code{help}.
@table @code
-@kindex h
+@kindex h @r{(@code{help})}
@item help
@itemx h
You can use @code{help} (abbreviated @code{h}) with no arguments to
@c @group
@table @code
@kindex info
-@kindex i
+@kindex i @r{(@code{info})}
@item info
This command (abbreviated @code{i}) is for describing the state of your
program. For example, you can list the arguments given to your program
@table @code
@kindex run
+@kindex r @r{(@code{run})}
@item run
@itemx r
Use the @code{run} command to start your program under @value{GDBN}.
@code{run} with no arguments uses the same arguments used by the previous
@code{run}, or those set by the @code{set args} command.
-@kindex set args
@table @code
+@kindex set args
@item set args
Specify the arguments to be used the next time your program is run. If
@code{set args} has no arguments, @code{run} executes your program
This thread is called the @dfn{current thread}. Debugging commands show
program information from the perspective of the current thread.
-@kindex New @var{systag}
+@cindex @code{New} @var{systag} message
@cindex thread identifier (system)
@c FIXME-implementors!! It would be more helpful if the [New...] message
@c included GDB's numeric thread handle, so you could just go to that
number---a small integer assigned in thread-creation order---with each
thread in your program.
-@kindex New @var{systag}
-@cindex thread identifier (system)
+@cindex @code{New} @var{systag} message, on HP-UX
+@cindex thread identifier (system), on HP-UX
@c FIXME-implementors!! It would be more helpful if the [New...] message
@c included GDB's numeric thread handle, so you could just go to that
@c thread without first checking `info threads'.
@c FIXME 2 is there stuff on this already? break at fun start, already init?
@kindex break
-@kindex b
-@kindex $bpnum
+@kindex b @r{(@code{break})}
+@vindex $bpnum@r{, convenience variable}
@cindex latest breakpoint
Breakpoints are set with the @code{break} command (abbreviated
@code{b}). The debugger convenience variable @samp{$bpnum} records the
@cindex delete breakpoints
@kindex delete
-@kindex d
+@kindex d @r{(@code{delete})}
@item delete @r{[}breakpoints@r{]} @r{[}@var{range}@dots{}@r{]}
Delete the breakpoints, watchpoints, or catchpoints of the breakpoint
ranges specified as arguments. If no argument is specified, delete all
@table @code
@kindex disable breakpoints
@kindex disable
-@kindex dis
+@kindex dis @r{(@code{disable})}
@item disable @r{[}breakpoints@r{]} @r{[}@var{range}@dots{}@r{]}
Disable the specified breakpoints---or all breakpoints, if none are
listed. A disabled breakpoint has no effect but is not forgotten. All
@table @code
@kindex continue
-@kindex c
-@kindex fg
+@kindex c @r{(@code{continue})}
+@kindex fg @r{(resume foreground execution)}
@item continue @r{[}@var{ignore-count}@r{]}
@itemx c @r{[}@var{ignore-count}@r{]}
@itemx fg @r{[}@var{ignore-count}@r{]}
@table @code
@kindex step
-@kindex s
+@kindex s @r{(@code{step})}
@item step
Continue running your program until control reaches a different source
line, then stop it and return control to @value{GDBN}. This command is
@var{count} steps, stepping stops right away.
@kindex next
-@kindex n
+@kindex n @r{(@code{next})}
@item next @r{[}@var{count}@r{]}
Continue to the next source line in the current (innermost) stack frame.
This is similar to @code{step}, but function calls that appear within
,Returning from a function}).
@kindex until
-@kindex u
+@kindex u @r{(@code{until})}
@item until
@itemx u
Continue running until a source line past the current line, in the
and hence is quicker than @code{until} without an argument.
@kindex stepi
-@kindex si
+@kindex si @r{(@code{stepi})}
@item stepi
@itemx stepi @var{arg}
@itemx si
@need 750
@kindex nexti
-@kindex ni
+@kindex ni @r{(@code{nexti})}
@item nexti
@itemx nexti @var{arg}
@itemx ni
@table @code
@kindex frame@r{, command}
+@cindex current stack frame
@item frame @var{args}
The @code{frame} command allows you to move from one stack frame to another,
and to print the stack frame you select. @var{args} may be either the
@code{frame} prints the current stack frame.
@kindex select-frame
+@cindex selecting frame silently
@item select-frame
The @code{select-frame} command allows you to move from one stack frame
to another without printing the frame. This is the silent version of
@table @code
@kindex backtrace
-@kindex bt
+@kindex bt @r{(@code{backtrace})}
@item backtrace
@itemx bt
Print a backtrace of the entire stack: one line per frame for all
@kindex where
@kindex info stack
-@kindex info s
+@kindex info s @r{(@code{info stack})}
The names @code{where} and @code{info stack} (abbreviated @code{info s})
are additional aliases for @code{backtrace}.
@table @code
@kindex frame@r{, selecting}
-@kindex f
+@kindex f @r{(@code{frame})}
@item frame @var{n}
@itemx f @var{n}
Select frame number @var{n}. Recall that frame zero is the innermost
that have existed longer. @var{n} defaults to one.
@kindex down
-@kindex do
+@kindex do @r{(@code{down})}
@item down @var{n}
Move @var{n} frames down the stack. For positive numbers @var{n}, this
advances toward the innermost frame, to lower frame numbers, to frames
@xref{Selection, ,Selecting a frame}.
@kindex info frame
-@kindex info f
+@kindex info f @r{(@code{info frame})}
@item info frame
@itemx info f
This command prints a verbose description of the selected stack frame,
@section Printing source lines
@kindex list
-@kindex l
+@kindex l @r{(@code{list})}
To print lines from a source file, use the @code{list} command
(abbreviated @code{l}). By default, ten lines are printed.
There are several ways to specify what part of the file you want to print.
@kindex cdir
@kindex cwd
-@kindex $cdir
-@kindex $cwd
+@vindex $cdir@r{, convenience variable}
+@vindex $cwdr@r{, convenience variable}
@cindex compilation directory
@cindex current directory
@cindex working directory
@end smallexample
@cindex @code{$_} and @code{info line}
-@kindex x@r{, and }@code{info line}
+@kindex x@r{(examine), and} info line
After @code{info line}, the default address for the @code{x} command
is changed to the starting address of the line, so that @samp{x/i} is
sufficient to begin examining the machine code (@pxref{Memory,
@cindex colon-colon, context for variables/functions
@iftex
@c info cannot cope with a :: index entry, but why deprive hard copy readers?
-@kindex ::
+@cindex @code{::}, context for variables/functions
@end iftex
@example
@var{file}::@var{variable}
@section Artificial arrays
@cindex artificial array
-@kindex @@
+@kindex @@@r{, referencing memory as an array}
It is often useful to print out several successive objects of the
same type in memory; a section of an array, or an array of
dynamically determined size for which only a pointer exists in the
@cindex examining memory
@table @code
-@kindex x
+@kindex x @r{(examine memory)}
@item x/@var{nfu} @var{addr}
@itemx x @var{addr}
@itemx x
values likely to be useful.
@table @code
-@kindex $_
+@vindex $_@r{, convenience variable}
@item $_
The variable @code{$_} is automatically set by the @code{x} command to
the last address examined (@pxref{Memory, ,Examining memory}). Other
except when set by the @code{x} command, in which case it is a pointer
to the type of @code{$__}.
-@kindex $__
+@vindex $__@r{, convenience variable}
@item $__
The variable @code{$__} is automatically set by the @code{x} command
to the value found in the last address examined. Its type is chosen
to match the format in which the data was printed.
@item $_exitcode
-@kindex $_exitcode
+@vindex $_exitcode@r{, convenience variable}
The variable @code{$_exitcode} is automatically set to the exit code when
the program being debugged terminates.
@end table
to both languages. Whenever this is the case, we discuss those languages
together.
-@cindex C++
-@kindex g++
+@cindex C@t{++}
+@cindex @code{g++}, @sc{gnu} C@t{++} compiler
@cindex @sc{gnu} C++
The C++ debugging facilities are jointly implemented by the C++
compiler and @value{GDBN}. Therefore, to debug your C++ code
count = aml->GetOriginal(x, y)
@end example
-@kindex this
+@vindex this@r{, inside C@t{++} member functions}
@cindex namespace in C++
@item
While a member function is active (in the selected stack frame), your
@node M2 Scope
@subsubsection The scope operators @code{::} and @code{.}
@cindex scope
-@kindex .
+@cindex @code{.}, Modula-2 scope operator
@cindex colon, doubled as scope operator
@ifinfo
-@kindex colon-colon@r{, in Modula-2}
+@vindex colon-colon@r{, in Modula-2}
@c Info cannot handle :: but TeX can.
@end ifinfo
@iftex
-@kindex ::
+@vindex ::@r{, in Modula-2}
@end iftex
There are a few subtle differences between the Modula-2 scope operator
@cindex choosing target byte order
@cindex target byte order
-@kindex set endian big
-@kindex set endian little
-@kindex set endian auto
-@kindex show endian
Some types of processors, such as the MIPS, PowerPC, and Hitachi SH,
offer the ability to run either big-endian or little-endian byte
@table @code
@item i386-stub.c
-@kindex i386-stub.c
+@cindex @file{i386-stub.c}
@cindex Intel
@cindex i386
For Intel 386 and compatible architectures.
@item m68k-stub.c
-@kindex m68k-stub.c
+@cindex @file{m68k-stub.c}
@cindex Motorola 680x0
@cindex m680x0
For Motorola 680x0 architectures.
@item sh-stub.c
-@kindex sh-stub.c
+@cindex @file{sh-stub.c}
@cindex Hitachi
@cindex SH
For Hitachi SH architectures.
@item sparc-stub.c
-@kindex sparc-stub.c
+@cindex @file{sparc-stub.c}
@cindex Sparc
For @sc{sparc} architectures.
@item sparcl-stub.c
-@kindex sparcl-stub.c
+@cindex @file{sparcl-stub.c}
@cindex Fujitsu
@cindex SparcLite
For Fujitsu @sc{sparclite} architectures.
@node Remote Log
@subsubsection Remote log
-@kindex eb.log
+@cindex @file{eb.log}, a log file for EB29K
@cindex log file for EB29K
The @code{target amd-eb} command creates a file @file{eb.log} in the
seconds @value{GDBN} waits for responses.
@end table
-@kindex Compiling
+@cindex compiling, on Sparclet
When compiling for debugging, include the options @samp{-g} to get debug
information and @samp{-Ttext} to relocate the program to where you wish to
load it on the target. You may also want to add the options @samp{-n} or
sparclet-aout-objdump --headers --syms prog
@end example
-@kindex Running
+@cindex running, on Sparclet
Once you have set
your Unix execution search path to find @value{GDBN}, you are ready to
run @value{GDBN}. From your Unix host, run @code{@value{GDBP}}
@end table
@table @code
-@kindex show commands
+@kindex shows
@item show commands
Display the last ten commands in the command history.
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