* NEWS: Update for --args.

	* infcmd.c (construct_inferior_arguments): Moved from ...
	* fork-child.c: ... here.

4 files changed, 82 insertions, 71 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 6d9bd88..99aa120 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-11-26  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Update for --args.
+	* infcmd.c (construct_inferior_arguments): Moved from ...
+	* fork-child.c: ... here.
+
 2001-11-26  Jim Blandy  <jimb@redhat.com>
 
 	* symtab.c (find_pc_sect_line): Revert change of 2001-11-13; add
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 5d94685..7f87439 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 
 x86 OpenBSD					i[3456]86-*-openbsd*
 
+* Changes to command line processing
+
+The new `--args' feature can be used to specify command-line arguments
+for the inferior from gdb's command line.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 5.1:
 
 * New native configurations
diff --git a/gdb/fork-child.c b/gdb/fork-child.c
index 24cd00a..21e5089 100644
--- a/gdb/fork-child.c
+++ b/gdb/fork-child.c
@@ -568,74 +568,3 @@ startup_inferior (int ntraps)
 #endif /* STARTUP_INFERIOR */
   stop_soon_quietly = 0;
 }
-
-/* Compute command-line string given argument vector.  This does the
-   same shell processing as fork_inferior.  */
-/* ARGSUSED */
-char *
-construct_inferior_arguments (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int argc, char **argv)
-{
-  char *result;
-
-  if (STARTUP_WITH_SHELL)
-    {
-      /* This holds all the characters considered special to the
-	 typical Unix shells.  We include `^' because the SunOS
-	 /bin/sh treats it as a synonym for `|'.  */
-      char *special = "\"!#$&*()\\|[]{}<>?'\"`~^; \t\n";
-      int i;
-      int length = 0;
-      char *out, *cp;
-
-      /* We over-compute the size.  It shouldn't matter.  */
-      for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
-	length += 2 * strlen (argv[i]) + 1;
-
-      result = (char *) xmalloc (length);
-      out = result;
-
-      for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
-	{
-	  if (i > 0)
-	    *out++ = ' ';
-
-	  for (cp = argv[i]; *cp; ++cp)
-	    {
-	      if (strchr (special, *cp) != NULL)
-		*out++ = '\\';
-	      *out++ = *cp;
-	    }
-	}
-      *out = '\0';
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      /* In this case we can't handle arguments that contain spaces,
-	 tabs, or newlines -- see breakup_args().  */
-      int i;
-      int length = 0;
-
-      for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
-	{
-	  char *cp = strchr (argv[i], ' ');
-	  if (cp == NULL)
-	    cp = strchr (argv[i], '\t');
-	  if (cp == NULL)
-	    cp = strchr (argv[i], '\n');
-	  if (cp != NULL)
-	    error ("can't handle command-line argument containing whitespace");
-	  length += strlen (argv[i]) + 1;
-	}
-
-      result = (char *) xmalloc (length);
-      result[0] = '\0';
-      for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
-	{
-	  if (i > 0)
-	    strcat (result, " ");
-	  strcat (result, argv[i]);
-	}
-    }
-
-  return result;
-}
diff --git a/gdb/infcmd.c b/gdb/infcmd.c
index b0d74ee..f05da5a 100644
--- a/gdb/infcmd.c
+++ b/gdb/infcmd.c
@@ -257,6 +257,77 @@ notice_args_read (struct cmd_list_element *c)
 }
 
 
+/* Compute command-line string given argument vector.  This does the
+   same shell processing as fork_inferior.  */
+/* ARGSUSED */
+char *
+construct_inferior_arguments (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  char *result;
+
+  if (STARTUP_WITH_SHELL)
+    {
+      /* This holds all the characters considered special to the
+	 typical Unix shells.  We include `^' because the SunOS
+	 /bin/sh treats it as a synonym for `|'.  */
+      char *special = "\"!#$&*()\\|[]{}<>?'\"`~^; \t\n";
+      int i;
+      int length = 0;
+      char *out, *cp;
+
+      /* We over-compute the size.  It shouldn't matter.  */
+      for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
+	length += 2 * strlen (argv[i]) + 1;
+
+      result = (char *) xmalloc (length);
+      out = result;
+
+      for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
+	{
+	  if (i > 0)
+	    *out++ = ' ';
+
+	  for (cp = argv[i]; *cp; ++cp)
+	    {
+	      if (strchr (special, *cp) != NULL)
+		*out++ = '\\';
+	      *out++ = *cp;
+	    }
+	}
+      *out = '\0';
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /* In this case we can't handle arguments that contain spaces,
+	 tabs, or newlines -- see breakup_args().  */
+      int i;
+      int length = 0;
+
+      for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
+	{
+	  char *cp = strchr (argv[i], ' ');
+	  if (cp == NULL)
+	    cp = strchr (argv[i], '\t');
+	  if (cp == NULL)
+	    cp = strchr (argv[i], '\n');
+	  if (cp != NULL)
+	    error ("can't handle command-line argument containing whitespace");
+	  length += strlen (argv[i]) + 1;
+	}
+
+      result = (char *) xmalloc (length);
+      result[0] = '\0';
+      for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
+	{
+	  if (i > 0)
+	    strcat (result, " ");
+	  strcat (result, argv[i]);
+	}
+    }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
 
 /* This function detects whether or not a '&' character (indicating
    background execution) has been added as *the last* of the arguments ARGS