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* Gdb: (gdb). The @sc{gnu} debugger.
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This file documents the @sc{gnu} debugger @value{GDBN}.
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@node Top
@top Debugging with @value{GDBN}
* Index:: Index
@end menu
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+@end ifnottex
@node Summary
@unnumbered Summary of @value{GDBN}
from anyone else.
@node Contributors
-@unnumberedsec Contributors to GDB
-
-Richard Stallman was the original author of GDB, and of many other
-@sc{gnu} programs. Many others have contributed to its development.
-This section attempts to credit major contributors. One of the virtues
-of free software is that everyone is free to contribute to it; with
-regret, we cannot actually acknowledge everyone here. The file
-@file{ChangeLog} in the @value{GDBN} distribution approximates a
+@unnumberedsec Contributors to @value{GDBN}
+
+Richard Stallman was the original author of @value{GDBN}, and of many
+other @sc{gnu} programs. Many others have contributed to its
+development. This section attempts to credit major contributors. One
+of the virtues of free software is that everyone is free to contribute
+to it; with regret, we cannot actually acknowledge everyone here. The
+file @file{ChangeLog} in the @value{GDBN} distribution approximates a
blow-by-blow account.
Changes much prior to version 2.0 are lost in the mists of time.
Richard Stallman, assisted at various times by Peter TerMaat, Chris
Hanson, and Richard Mlynarik, handled releases through 2.8.
-Michael Tiemann is the author of most of the @sc{gnu} C++ support in GDB,
-with significant additional contributions from Per Bothner. James
-Clark wrote the @sc{gnu} C++ demangler. Early work on C++ was by Peter
-TerMaat (who also did much general update work leading to release 3.0).
+Michael Tiemann is the author of most of the @sc{gnu} C++ support in
+@value{GDBN}, with significant additional contributions from Per
+Bothner. James Clark wrote the @sc{gnu} C++ demangler. Early work on
+C++ was by Peter TerMaat (who also did much general update work leading
+to release 3.0).
@value{GDBN} 4 uses the BFD subroutine library to examine multiple
object-file formats; BFD was a joint project of David V.
Matsushita sponsored the support for the MN10200 and MN10300 processors.
-Fujitsu sponsored the support for SPARClite and FR30 processors
+Fujitsu sponsored the support for SPARClite and FR30 processors.
Kung Hsu, Jeff Law, and Rick Sladkey added support for hardware
watchpoints.
Stu Grossman wrote gdbserver.
Jim Kingdon, Peter Schauer, Ian Taylor, and Stu Grossman made
-nearly innumerable bug fixes and cleanups throughout GDB.
+nearly innumerable bug fixes and cleanups throughout @value{GDBN}.
The following people at the Hewlett-Packard Company contributed
support for the PA-RISC 2.0 architecture, HP-UX 10.20, 10.30, and 11.0
Rehrauer, and Elena Zannoni. Kim Haase provided HP-specific
information in this manual.
-Cygnus Solutions has sponsored GDB maintenance and much of its
-development since 1991. Cygnus engineers who have worked on GDB
+Cygnus Solutions has sponsored @value{GDBN} maintenance and much of its
+development since 1991. Cygnus engineers who have worked on @value{GDBN}
fulltime include Mark Alexander, Jim Blandy, Per Bothner, Kevin
Buettner, Edith Epstein, Chris Faylor, Fred Fish, Martin Hunt, Jim
Ingham, John Gilmore, Stu Grossman, Kung Hsu, Jim Kingdon, John Metzler,
``process'', and there is often no way to get a core dump. @value{GDBN}
will warn you if it is unable to attach or to read core dumps.
-You can run @code{gdb} without printing the front material, which describes
+You can run @code{@value{GDBP}} without printing the front material, which describes
@value{GDBN}'s non-warranty, by specifying @code{-silent}:
@smallexample
system call, you can use this option
to have @value{GDBN} write the symbols from your
program into a reusable file in the current directory. If the program you are debugging is
-called @file{/tmp/fred}, the mapped symbol file is @file{./fred.syms}.
+called @file{/tmp/fred}, the mapped symbol file is @file{/tmp/fred.syms}.
Future @value{GDBN} debugging sessions notice the presence of this file,
and can quickly map in symbol information from it, rather than reading
the symbol table from the executable program.
@cindex @code{--nowindows}
@cindex @code{-nw}
``No windows''. If @value{GDBN} comes with a graphical user interface
-(GUI) built in, then this option tells GDB to only use the command-line
+(GUI) built in, then this option tells @value{GDBN} to only use the command-line
interface. If no GUI is available, this option has no effect.
@item -windows
@table @code
@kindex quit @r{[}@var{expression}@r{]}
@kindex q
-@item quit
-To exit @value{GDBN}, use the @code{quit} command (abbreviated @code{q}), or
-type an end-of-file character (usually @kbd{C-d}). If you do not supply
-@var{expression}, @value{GDBN} will terminate normally; otherwise it will
-terminate using the result of @var{expression} as the error code.
+@item quit @r{[}@var{expression}@r{]}
+@itemx q
+To exit @value{GDBN}, use the @code{quit} command (abbreviated
+@code{q}), or type an end-of-file character (usually @kbd{C-d}). If you
+do not supply @var{expression}, @value{GDBN} will terminate normally;
+otherwise it will terminate using the result of @var{expression} as the
+error code.
@end table
@cindex interrupt
arguments whose meaning depends on the command name. For example, the
command @code{step} accepts an argument which is the number of times to
step, as in @samp{step 5}. You can also use the @code{step} command
-with no arguments. Some command names do not allow any arguments.
+with no arguments. Some commands do not allow any arguments.
@cindex abbreviation
@value{GDBN} command names may always be truncated if that abbreviation is
@cindex repeating commands
@kindex RET
A blank line as input to @value{GDBN} (typing just @key{RET}) means to
-repeat the previous command. Certain commands (for example, @code{run})
+repeat the previous command. Certain commands (for example, @code{run})
will not repeat this way; these are commands whose unintentional
repetition might cause trouble and which you are unlikely to want to
repeat.
@kbd{M-?} to request word completion:
@example
-(@value{GDBP}) b 'bubble( @key{M-?}
+(@value{GDBP}) b 'bubble( @kbd{M-?}
bubble(double,double) bubble(int,int)
(@value{GDBP}) b 'bubble(
@end example
stack -- Examining the stack
status -- Status inquiries
support -- Support facilities
-tracepoints -- Tracing of program execution without stopping the program
+tracepoints -- Tracing of program execution without@*
+ stopping the program
user-defined -- User-defined commands
Type "help" followed by a class name for a list of
Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous.
(@value{GDBP})
@end smallexample
+@c the above line break eliminates huge line overfull...
@item help @var{class}
Using one of the general help classes as an argument, you can get a
version of @value{GDBN} you are running; as @value{GDBN} evolves, new
commands are introduced, and old ones may wither away. Also, many
system vendors ship variant versions of @value{GDBN}, and there are
-variant versions of @value{GDBN} in GNU/Linux distributions as well.
+variant versions of @value{GDBN} in @sc{gnu}/Linux distributions as well.
The version number is the same as the one announced when you start
@value{GDBN}.
@kindex show warranty
@item show warranty
Display the @sc{gnu} ``NO WARRANTY'' statement, or a warranty,
-if your version of @value{GDB} comes with one.
+if your version of @value{GDBN} comes with one.
@end table
@kindex stepi
@kindex si
@item stepi
+@itemx stepi @var{arg}
@itemx si
Execute one machine instruction, then stop and return to the debugger.
@kindex nexti
@kindex ni
@item nexti
+@itemx nexti @var{arg}
@itemx ni
Execute one machine instruction, but if it is a function call,
proceed until the function returns.
@table @code
@kindex info signals
@item info signals
+@itemx info handle
Print a table of all the kinds of signals and how @value{GDBN} has been told to
handle each one. You can use this to see the signal numbers of all
the defined types of signals.
@c FIXME: I think this example should also show the addresses in
@c symbolic form, as they usually would be displayed.
@smallexample
-(@value{GDBP}) info line m4_changecom
+(@value{GDBP}) info line m4_changequote
Line 895 of "builtin.c" starts at pc 0x634c and ends at 0x6350.
@end smallexample
@item .ch
@itemx .c186
@itemx .c286
-CHILL source file.
+CHILL source file
@item .mod
Modula-2 source file
@samp{\n} for newline.
@item
-String constants are a sequence of character constants surrounded
-by double quotes (@code{"}).
+String constants are a sequence of character constants surrounded by
+double quotes (@code{"}). Any valid character constant (as described
+above) may appear. Double quotes within the string must be preceded by
+a backslash, so for instance @samp{"a\"b'c"} is a string of five
+characters.
@item
Pointer constants are an integral value. You can also write pointers
types.
@item <=@r{, }>=
-Less than, greater than, less than or equal to, greater than or equal to
+Less than or equal to, greater than or equal to
on integral, floating-point and enumerated types, or set inclusion on
set types. Same precedence as @code{<}.
@itemx add-symbol-file @var{filename} @var{address} @r{[} -readnow @r{]} @r{[} -mapped @r{]}
@itemx add-symbol-file @var{filename} @var{address} @var{data_address} @var{bss_address}
@itemx add-symbol-file @var{filename} @r{-T}@var{section} @var{address}
-The @code{add-symbol-file} command reads additional symbol table information
-from the file @var{filename}. You would use this command when @var{filename}
-has been dynamically loaded (by some other means) into the program that
-is running. @var{address} should be the memory address at which the
-file has been loaded; @value{GDBN} cannot figure this out for itself.
-You can specify up to three addresses, in which case they are taken to be
-the addresses of the text, data, and bss segments respectively.
-For complicated cases, you can specify an arbitrary number of @r{-T}@var{section} @var{address}
-pairs, to give an explicit section name and base address for that section.
-You can specify any @var{address} as an expression.
+The @code{add-symbol-file} command reads additional symbol table
+information from the file @var{filename}. You would use this command
+when @var{filename} has been dynamically loaded (by some other means)
+into the program that is running. @var{address} should be the memory
+address at which the file has been loaded; @value{GDBN} cannot figure
+this out for itself. You can specify up to three addresses, in which
+case they are taken to be the addresses of the text, data, and bss
+segments respectively. For complicated cases, you can specify an
+arbitrary number of @samp{@r{-T}@var{section} @var{address}} pairs, to
+give an explicit section name and base address for that section. You
+can specify any @var{address} as an expression.
The symbol table of the file @var{filename} is added to the symbol table
originally read with the @code{symbol-file} command. You can use the
-@code{add-symbol-file} command any number of times; the new symbol data thus
-read keeps adding to the old. To discard all old symbol data instead,
-use the @code{symbol-file} command.
+@code{add-symbol-file} command any number of times; the new symbol data
+thus read keeps adding to the old. To discard all old symbol data
+instead, use the @code{symbol-file} command without any arguments.
@code{add-symbol-file} does not repeat if you press @key{RET} after using it.
both the Unix host and on the VxWorks target. The program
@code{@value{GDBP}} is installed and executed on the Unix host. (It may be
installed with the name @code{vxgdb}, to distinguish it from a
-@value{GDB} for debugging programs on the host itself.)
+@value{GDBN} for debugging programs on the host itself.)
@table @code
@item VxWorks-timeout @var{args}
Once you have included @file{rdb.a} in your VxWorks system image and 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}} (or @code{vxgdb},
-depending on your installation).
+run @value{GDBN}. From your Unix host, run @code{@value{GDBP}} (or
+@code{vxgdb}, depending on your installation).
@value{GDBN} comes up showing the prompt:
@noindent
(Later, if you wish to return control to the DOS console, you can use
the command @code{CTTY con}---but you must send it over the device that
-had control, in our example over the @file{COM1} serial line).
+had control, in our example over the @file{COM1} serial line.)
From the Unix host, use a communications program such as @code{tip} or
@code{cu} to communicate with the PC; for example,
@kindex target sh3@r{, with H8/300}
@kindex target sh3e@r{, with H8/300}
@item target sh3 @var{dev}
-@item target sh3e @var{dev}
+@itemx target sh3e @var{dev}
Hitachi SH-3 and SH-3E target systems.
@end table
@c only for Unix hosts
@kindex device
@cindex serial device, Hitachi micros
-Use the special @code{@value{GDBP}} command @samp{device @var{port}} if you
+Use the special @code{@value{GDBN}} command @samp{device @var{port}} if you
need to explicitly set the serial device. The default @var{port} is the
first available port on your host. This is only necessary on Unix
hosts, where it is typically something like @file{/dev/ttya}.
@kindex speed
@cindex serial line speed, Hitachi micros
-@code{@value{GDBP}} has another special command to set the communications
+@code{@value{GDBN}} has another special command to set the communications
speed: @samp{speed @var{bps}}. This command also is only used from Unix
hosts; on DOS hosts, set the line speed as usual from outside @value{GDBN} with
the DOS @code{mode} command (for instance,
@kindex target hms@r{, and serial protocol}
Now that serial communications are set up, and the development board is
connected, you can start up @value{GDBN}. Call @code{@value{GDBP}} with
-the name of your program as the argument. @code{@value{GDBP}} prompts
+the name of your program as the argument. @code{@value{GDBN}} prompts
you, as usual, with the prompt @samp{(@value{GDBP})}. Use two special
commands to begin your debugging session: @samp{target hms} to specify
cross-debugging to the Hitachi board, and the @code{load} command to
@cindex floating point, MIPS remote
If your target board does not support the MIPS floating point
coprocessor, you should use the command @samp{set mipsfpu none} (if you
-need this, you may wish to put the command in your @value{GDBINIT}
+need this, you may wish to put the command in your @value{GDBN} init
file). This tells @value{GDBN} how to find the return value of
functions which return floating point values. It also allows
@value{GDBN} to avoid saving the floating point registers when calling
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