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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 38d8abd..0f2257b 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2001-10-30 Don Howard <dhoward@redhat.com> + + * gdb.texinfo: (Command Files) Added documentation for the behavior of gdb with + input redirected from a file. + 2001-10-28 Fred Fish <fnf@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (auto-solib-add): Change docs to match diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index d468977..bfa50a2 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -13114,6 +13114,20 @@ without asking when used in a command file. Many @value{GDBN} commands that normally print messages to say what they are doing omit the messages when called from command files. +@value{GDBN} also accepts command input from standard input. In this +mode, normal output goes to standard output and error output goes to +standard error. Errors in a command file supplied on standard input do +not terminate execution of the command file --- execution continues with +the next command. + +@example +gdb < cmds > log 2>&1 +@end example + +(The syntax above will vary depending on the shell used.) This example +will execute commands from the file @file{cmds}. All output and errors +would be directed to @file{log}. + @node Output @section Commands for controlled output |