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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 9ccdb67..4016acc 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -18009,6 +18009,7 @@ Displays how many symbol complaints @value{GDBN} is permitted to produce. @end table +@anchor{confirmation requests} By default, @value{GDBN} is cautious, and asks what sometimes seems to be a lot of stupid questions to confirm certain commands. For example, if you try to run a program which is already running: @@ -25697,9 +25698,13 @@ command to repeat if @key{RET} is pressed on a line by itself. This means that commands can be run behind a user's back by a front-end in a transparent manner. -The server prefix does not affect the recording of values into the value -history; to print a value without recording it into the value history, -use the @code{output} command instead of the @code{print} command. +The @code{server } prefix does not affect the recording of values into +the value history; to print a value without recording it into the +value history, use the @code{output} command instead of the +@code{print} command. + +Using this prefix also disables confirmation requests +(@pxref{confirmation requests}). @node Prompting @section Annotation for @value{GDBN} Input |