From: John Gilmore <gnu@cygnus>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1991 06:50:40 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: * WHATS.NEW:  "history write -> history save".  Doc "write on/off".
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=90262bf93494e64b8ad4dc22576e99da23361642;p=binutils-gdb.git

* WHATS.NEW:  "history write -> history save".  Doc "write on/off".
(Fix from kenc@viewlogic.com.)
---

diff --git a/gdb/WHATS.NEW b/gdb/WHATS.NEW
index d62886594d2..99eee8162f5 100755
--- a/gdb/WHATS.NEW
+++ b/gdb/WHATS.NEW
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ history size N:  The size, in commands, of the command history.  The
 		 default is 256, or the value of the environment variable
 		 HISTSIZE.
 
-history write on/off: If this value is set to ON, the history file will
+history save on/off: If this value is set to ON, the history file will
 		      be saved after exiting gdb.  If set to OFF, the 
 		      file will not be saved.  The default is OFF.
 
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ print asm-demangle on/off:  Same, for assembler level printouts
 
 print vtbl on/off:  Prettyprint C++ virtual function tables.  Default is OFF.
 
+write on/off:  GDB can now write to executable and core files (e.g. patch
+		a variable's value) if you turn this switch on, specify
+		the file ("exec foo" or "core foo"), then modify it, e.g.
+		by assigning a new value to a variable.
 
  *  Support for Epoch Environment.