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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 104a1ec..749e975 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -19373,7 +19373,7 @@ using the @code{script-extension} setting. @table @code @kindex source @cindex execute commands from a file -@item source [@code{-v}] @var{filename} +@item source [-s] [-v] @var{filename} Execute the command file @var{filename}. @end table @@ -19390,6 +19390,21 @@ directory, then @value{GDBN} also looks for the file on the source search path except that @file{$cdir} is not searched because the compilation directory is not relevant to scripts. +If @code{-s} is specified, then @value{GDBN} searches for @var{filename} +on the search path even if @var{filename} specifies a directory. +The search is done by appending @var{filename} to each element of the +search path. So, for example, if @var{filename} is @file{mylib/myscript} +and the search path contains @file{/home/user} then @value{GDBN} will +look for the script @file{/home/user/mylib/myscript}. +The search is also done if @var{filename} is an absolute path. +For example, if @var{filename} is @file{/tmp/myscript} and +the search path contains @file{/home/user} then @value{GDBN} will +look for the script @file{/home/user/tmp/myscript}. +For DOS-like systems, if @var{filename} contains a drive specification, +it is stripped before concatenation. For example, if @var{filename} is +@file{d:myscript} and the search path contains @file{c:/tmp} then @value{GDBN} +will look for the script @file{c:/tmp/myscript}. + If @code{-v}, for verbose mode, is given then @value{GDBN} displays each command as it is executed. The option must be given before @var{filename}, and is interpreted as part of the filename anywhere else. |