From bfda149dc1b0376f8cb4c423790246794c7ee873 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Buettner Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2022 15:26:38 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Document how GDB searches for files when using -s, -e, and -se options GDB's documentation of the 'file' command says: If you do not specify a directory and the file is not found in the GDB working directory, GDB uses the environment variable PATH as a list of directories to search, just as the shell does when looking for a program to run. The same is true for files specified via commandline options -s, -e, and -se. This commit adds a cross reference to the file command for these options. --- gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index b3e995f166b..38ae249f62d 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -962,6 +962,11 @@ 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 argument and ignore it. +For the @samp{-s}, @samp{-e}, and @samp{-se} options, and their long +form equivalents, the method used to search the file system for the +symbol and/or executable file is the same as that used by the +@code{file} command. @xref{Files, ,file}. + Many options have both long and short forms; both are shown in the following list. @value{GDBN} also recognizes the long forms if you truncate them, so long as enough of the option is present to be unambiguous. -- 2.30.2