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authorJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2012-08-27 16:50:54 +0000
committerJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2012-08-27 16:50:54 +0000
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* auto-load.c (auto_load_objfile_script): Rename to ... (auto_load_objfile_script_1): ... here, change variable realname to parameter realname, document it, add return value, add variable retval. (auto_load_objfile_script): New function. gdb/doc/ * gdb.texinfo (objfile-gdb.py file): New paragraph for .exe stripping.
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@@ -25784,6 +25784,13 @@ If this file does not exist, then @value{GDBN} will look for
Note that loading of this script file also requires accordingly configured
@code{auto-load safe-path} (@pxref{Auto-loading safe path}).
+For object files using @file{.exe} suffix @value{GDBN} tries to load first the
+scripts normally according to its @file{.exe} filename. But if no scripts are
+found @value{GDBN} also tries script filenames matching the object file without
+its @file{.exe} suffix. This @file{.exe} stripping is case insensitive and it
+is attempted on any platform. This makes the script filenames compatible
+between Unix and MS-Windows hosts.
+
@table @code
@anchor{set auto-load scripts-directory}
@kindex set auto-load scripts-directory