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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 41b11b6..a1f3a78 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -1028,7 +1028,9 @@ Run in batch mode. Exit with status @code{0} after processing all the command files specified with @samp{-x} (and all commands from initialization files, if not inhibited with @samp{-n}). Exit with nonzero status if an error occurs in executing the @value{GDBN} commands -in the command files. +in the command files. Batch mode also disables pagination; +@pxref{Screen Size} and acts as if @kbd{set confirm off} were in +effect (@pxref{Messages/Warnings}). Batch mode may be useful for running @value{GDBN} as a filter, for example to download and run a program on another computer; in order to @@ -18494,7 +18496,9 @@ from wrapping its output. @itemx set pagination off @kindex set pagination Turn the output pagination on or off; the default is on. Turning -pagination off is the alternative to @code{set height 0}. +pagination off is the alternative to @code{set height 0}. Note that +running @value{GDBN} with the @option{--batch} option (@pxref{Mode +Options, -batch}) also automatically disables pagination. @item show pagination @kindex show pagination @@ -18717,7 +18721,9 @@ commands, you can disable this ``feature'': @cindex confirmation @cindex stupid questions @item set confirm off -Disables confirmation requests. +Disables confirmation requests. Note that running @value{GDBN} with +the @option{--batch} option (@pxref{Mode Options, -batch}) also +automatically disables confirmation requests. @item set confirm on Enables confirmation requests (the default). |