first attempt to attach to it as a process, and if that fails, attempt
to open it as a corefile. If you have a corefile whose name begins with
a digit, you can prevent @value{GDBN} from treating it as a pid by
-prefixing it with @file{./}, eg. @file{./12345}.
+prefixing it with @file{./}, e.g.@: @file{./12345}.
If @value{GDBN} has not been configured to included core file support,
such as for most embedded targets, then it will complain about a second
Thus, @samp{info fun step} finds all functions whose names
include @code{step}; @samp{info fun ^step} finds those whose names
start with @code{step}. If a function name contains characters
-that conflict with the regular expression language (eg.
+that conflict with the regular expression language (e.g.@:
@samp{operator*()}), they may be quoted with a backslash.
@kindex info variables
@item target remote @var{dev}
@cindex remote target
Remote serial target in GDB-specific protocol. The argument @var{dev}
-specifies what serial device to use for the connection (e.g.
+specifies what serial device to use for the connection (e.g.@:
@file{/dev/ttya}). @xref{Remote, ,Remote debugging}. @code{target remote}
supports the @code{load} command. This is only useful if you have
some other way of getting the stub to the target system, and you can put
You can define a hook for any single-word command in @value{GDBN}, but
not for command aliases; you should define a hook for the basic command
-name, e.g. @code{backtrace} rather than @code{bt}.
+name, e.g.@: @code{backtrace} rather than @code{bt}.
@c FIXME! So how does Joe User discover whether a command is an alias
@c or not?
If an error occurs during the execution of your hook, execution of
version number.
@item
-What compiler (and its version) was used to compile @value{GDBN}---e.g.
+What compiler (and its version) was used to compile @value{GDBN}---e.g.@:
``@value{GCC}--2.8.1''.
@item
What compiler (and its version) was used to compile the program you are
-debugging---e.g. ``@value{GCC}--2.8.1'', or ``HP92453-01 A.10.32.03 HP
+debugging---e.g.@: ``@value{GCC}--2.8.1'', or ``HP92453-01 A.10.32.03 HP
C Compiler''. For GCC, you can say @code{gcc --version} to get this
information; for other compilers, see the documentation for those
compilers.
obtain various status values from @value{GDBN}.
@end itemize
-Since @code{libgdb} could have multiple clients (e.g. a GUI supporting
+Since @code{libgdb} could have multiple clients (e.g., a GUI supporting
the existing @value{GDBN} CLI), those clients must co-operate when
controlling @code{libgdb}. In particular, a client must ensure that
@code{libgdb} is idle (i.e. no other client is using @code{libgdb})
@code{@var{xyz}_sym_init} for possible initialization. @code{addr} is
the offset between the file's specified start address and its true
address in memory. @code{mainline} is 1 if this is the main symbol
-table being read, and 0 if a secondary symbol file (e.g. shared library
+table being read, and 0 if a secondary symbol file (e.g., shared library
or dynamically loaded file) is being read.@refill
@end table
@findex find_pc_function
@findex find_pc_line
@item
-By its address (e.g. execution stops at some address which is inside a
+By its address (e.g., execution stops at some address which is inside a
function in this file). The address will be noticed to be in the
range of this psymtab, and the full symtab will be read in.
@code{find_pc_function}, @code{find_pc_line}, and other
@cindex lookup_symbol
@item
By its name
-(e.g. the user asks to print a variable, or set a breakpoint on a
+(e.g., the user asks to print a variable, or set a breakpoint on a
function). Global names and file-scope names will be found in the
psymtab, which will cause the symtab to be pulled in. Local names will
have to be qualified by a global name, or a file-scope name, in which
machine uses to define the struct of registers that is accessible
(possibly in the u-area) in a core file (rather than
@file{machine/reg.h}), and an include file that defines whatever header
-exists on a core file (e.g. the u-area or a @code{struct core}). Then
+exists on a core file (e.g., the u-area or a @code{struct core}). Then
modify @code{trad_unix_core_file_p} to use these values to set up the
section information for the data segment, stack segment, any other
segments in the core file (perhaps shared library contents or control
information), ``registers'' segment, and if there are two discontiguous
-sets of registers (e.g. integer and float), the ``reg2'' segment. This
+sets of registers (e.g., integer and float), the ``reg2'' segment. This
section information basically delimits areas in the core file in a
standard way, which the section-reading routines in BFD know how to seek
around in.
return file;
@end smallexample
-Some functions, e.g. @code{fputs_filtered()} or @code{error()}, specify
+Some functions, e.g., @code{fputs_filtered()} or @code{error()}, specify
that they ``should not be called when cleanups are not in place''. This
means that any actions you need to reverse in the case of an error or
interruption must be on the cleanup chain before you call these
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