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authorChristopher Faylor <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>2001-11-26 20:34:56 +0000
committerChristopher Faylor <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>2001-11-26 20:34:56 +0000
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* gdb.texinfo (Options): Eliminate attempt to explain .gdbinit/gdb.ini use
since it is described in the referenced section. From Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Reword to make gdb.ini requirement clearer when using DJGPP.
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-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo11
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index c0d928a..fec4734 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2001-07-26 Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Options): Eliminate attempt to explain .gdbinit/gdb.ini
+ use since it is described in the referenced section.
+
+ From Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
+ * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Reword to make gdb.ini requirement
+ clearer when using DJGPP.
+
2001-11-24 Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (File Options): Change description of -nx and gdb.ini to
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index f682067..423d7a9 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -912,8 +912,7 @@ batch mode or quiet mode.
@itemx -n
@cindex @code{--nx}
@cindex @code{-n}
-Do not execute commands found in any initialization files (normally
-called @file{.gdbinit} or @file{gdb.ini} under MS-DOS). Normally,
+Do not execute commands found in any initialization files. Normally,
@value{GDBN} executes the commands in these files after all the command
options and arguments have been processed. @xref{Command Files,,Command
files}.
@@ -13067,10 +13066,10 @@ the last command, as it would from the terminal.
@cindex @file{.gdbinit}
@cindex @file{gdb.ini}
When you start @value{GDBN}, it automatically executes commands from its
-@dfn{init files}. These files are normally named @file{.gdbinit} although
-filename limitations require that they be named @file{gdb.ini} on MS-DOS.
-During startup, @value{GDBN} does the
-following:
+@dfn{init files}, normally called @file{.gdbinit}@footnote{The DJGPP
+port of @value{GDBN} uses the name @file{gdb.ini} instead, due to the
+limitations of file names imposed by DOS filesystems.}.
+During startup, @value{GDBN} does the following:
@enumerate
@item