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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 19 |
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 2d5358a..45a0580 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -3216,6 +3216,15 @@ embedded targets may have several inferiors running in different parts of a single address space. Each inferior may in turn have multiple threads running in it. +@cindex ID list +The commands @code{info inferiors} and @code{info connections}, which will be +introduced below, accept a space-separated @dfn{ID list} as their argument +specifying one or more elements on which to operate. A list element can be +either a single non-negative number, like @samp{5}, or an ascending range of +such numbers, like @samp{5-7}. A list can consist of any combination of such +elements, even duplicates or overlapping ranges are valid. E.g.@: +@samp{1 4-6 5 4-4} or @samp{1 2 4-7}. + To find out what inferiors exist at any moment, use @w{@code{info inferiors}}: @@ -3223,9 +3232,8 @@ inferiors}}: @kindex info inferiors [ @var{id}@dots{} ] @item info inferiors Print a list of all inferiors currently being managed by @value{GDBN}. -By default all inferiors are printed, but the argument @var{id}@dots{} --- a space separated list of inferior numbers -- can be used to limit -the display to just the requested inferiors. +By default all inferiors are printed, but the ID list @var{id}@dots{} can be +used to limit the display to just the requested inferiors. @value{GDBN} displays for each inferior (in this order): @@ -3284,9 +3292,8 @@ To find out what open target connections exist at any moment, use @kindex info connections [ @var{id}@dots{} ] @item info connections Print a list of all open target connections currently being managed by -@value{GDBN}. By default all connections are printed, but the -argument @var{id}@dots{} -- a space separated list of connections -numbers -- can be used to limit the display to just the requested +@value{GDBN}. By default all connections are printed, but the ID list +@var{id}@dots{} can be used to limit the display to just the requested connections. @value{GDBN} displays for each connection (in this order): |