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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 15 |
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 409d219..97ab02d 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2001-11-21 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Invoking GDB): Document --args. + (Mode Options): Likewise. + 2001-11-21 Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com> * gdbint.texinfo (TARGET_RANGE_PROFITABLE_FOR_HW_WATCHPOINT): diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index dec8be4..4d55b7a 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -752,6 +752,15 @@ debugger attached to a bare board, there may not be any notion of ``process'', and there is often no way to get a core dump. @value{GDBN} will warn you if it is unable to attach or to read core dumps. +You can optionally have @code{@value{GDBP}} pass any arguments after the +executable file to the inferior using @code{--args}. This option stops +option processing. +@example +gdb --args gcc -O2 -c foo.c +@end example +This will cause @code{@value{GDBP}} to debug @code{gcc}, and to set +@code{gcc}'s command-line arguments (@pxref{Arguments}) to @samp{-O2 -c foo.c}. + You can run @code{@value{GDBP}} without printing the front material, which describes @value{GDBN}'s non-warranty, by specifying @code{-silent}: @@ -1015,6 +1024,12 @@ uses the asynchronous event loop by default, unless disabled by the @cindex @code{--noasync} Disable the asynchronous event loop for the command-line interface. +@item --args +@cindex @code{--args} +Change interpretation of command line so that arguments following the +executable file are passed as command line arguments to the inferior. +This option stops option processing. + @item -baud @var{bps} @itemx -b @var{bps} @cindex @code{--baud} |