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| author | Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com> | 2023-12-07 09:51:52 -0700 |
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| committer | Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com> | 2023-12-22 09:05:17 -0700 |
| commit | eb6476e2db406ba323efba438b0d1851e86d02e5 (patch) | |
| tree | 8887453aacc110380b5b0a7423160a229999bd04 /gdb/doc | |
| parent | 401b5b00ecef262ce36a8810775087c7d9928900 (diff) | |
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Add 'program' to DAP 'attach' request
In many cases, it's not possible for gdb to discover the executable
when a DAP 'attach' request is used. This patch lets the IDE supply
this information.
Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 7a5d357..3cb7682 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -39603,12 +39603,21 @@ the same approach as the @code{start} command. @xref{Starting}. @end table @value{GDBN} defines some parameters that can be passed to the -@code{attach} request. One of these must be specified. +@code{attach} request. Either @code{pid} or @code{target} must be +specified, but if both are specified then @code{target} will be +ignored. @table @code @item pid The process ID to which @value{GDBN} should attach. @xref{Attach}. +@item program +If provided, this is a string that specifies the program to use. This +corresponds to the @code{file} command. @xref{Files}. In some cases, +@value{GDBN} can automatically determine which program is running. +However, for many remote targets, this is not the case, and so this +should be supplied. + @item target The target to which @value{GDBN} should connect. This is a string and is passed to the @code{target remote} command. @xref{Connecting}. |