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authorPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2009-08-25 15:24:12 +0000
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* inferior.c (print_inferior): Align columns left. Remove header for the the "current" column. Rename column "Id" to "Num". Rename column "PID" to "Description". Print if there's no selected inferior. gdb/doc/ * gdb.texinfo (Debugging Multiple Inferiors): Add "info inferiors" small example, and describe its columns. Replace "inferior-id" by "infno" throughout.
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+2009-08-25 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Debugging Multiple Inferiors): Add "info inferiors"
+ small example, and describe its columns. Replace "inferior-id" by
+ "infno" throughout.
+
2009-08-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* gdbint.texinfo (Releasing GDB): Point to
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@@ -2375,17 +2375,40 @@ To find out what inferiors exist at any moment, use @code{info inferiors}:
@kindex info inferiors
@item info inferiors
Print a list of all inferiors currently being managed by @value{GDBN}.
+
+@value{GDBN} displays for each inferior (in this order):
+
+@enumerate
+@item
+the inferior number assigned by @value{GDBN}
+
+@item
+the target system's inferior identifier
+@end enumerate
+
+@noindent
+An asterisk @samp{*} preceding the @value{GDBN} inferior number
+indicates the current inferior.
+
+For example,
@end table
+@c end table here to get a little more width for example
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) info inferiors
+ Num Description
+* 1 process 2307
+ 2 process 3401
+@end smallexample
To switch focus between inferiors, use the @code{inferior} command:
@table @code
-@kindex inferior @var{inferior-id}
-@item inferior @var{inferior-id}
-Make inferior number @var{inferior-id} the current inferior. The
-argument @var{inferior-id} is the internal inferior number assigned by
-@value{GDBN}, as shown in the first field of the @samp{info inferiors}
-display.
+@kindex inferior @var{infno}
+@item inferior @var{infno}
+Make inferior number @var{infno} the current inferior. The argument
+@var{infno} is the inferior number assigned by @value{GDBN}, as shown
+in the first field of the @samp{info inferiors} display.
@end table
To quit debugging one of the inferiors, you can either detach from it
@@ -2393,15 +2416,15 @@ by using the @w{@code{detach inferior}} command (allowing it to run
independently), or kill it using the @w{@code{kill inferior}} command:
@table @code
-@kindex detach inferior @var{inferior-id}
-@item detach inferior @var{inferior-id}
+@kindex detach inferior @var{infno}
+@item detach inferior @var{infno}
Detach from the inferior identified by @value{GDBN} inferior number
-@var{inferior-id}, and remove it from the inferior list.
+@var{infno}, and remove it from the inferior list.
-@kindex kill inferior @var{inferior-id}
-@item kill inferior @var{inferior-id}
+@kindex kill inferior @var{infno}
+@item kill inferior @var{infno}
Kill the inferior identified by @value{GDBN} inferior number
-@var{inferior-id}, and remove it from the inferior list.
+@var{infno}, and remove it from the inferior list.
@end table
To be notified when inferiors are started or exit under @value{GDBN}'s