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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 2cdac20..53fecf3 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -12734,6 +12734,7 @@ program. To debug a core dump of a previous run, you must also tell * Files:: Commands to specify files * Separate Debug Files:: Debugging information in separate files * Symbol Errors:: Errors reading symbol files +* Data Files:: GDB data files @end menu @node Files @@ -13568,6 +13569,36 @@ it. @end table +@node Data Files +@section GDB Data Files + +@cindex prefix for data files +@value{GDBN} will sometimes read an auxiliary data file. These files +are kept in a directory known as the @dfn{data directory}. + +You can set the data directory's name, and view the name @value{GDBN} +is currently using. + +@table @code +@kindex set data-directory +@item set data-directory @var{directory} +Set the directory which @value{GDBN} searches for auxiliary data files +to @var{directory}. + +@kindex show data-directory +@item show data-directory +Show the directory @value{GDBN} searches for auxiliary data files. +@end table + +@cindex default data directory +@cindex @samp{--with-gdb-datadir} +You can set the default data directory by using the configure-time +@samp{--with-gdb-datadir} option. If the data directory is inside +@value{GDBN}'s configured binary prefix (set with @samp{--prefix} or +@samp{--exec-prefix}), then the default data directory will be updated +automatically if the installed @value{GDBN} is moved to a new +location. + @node Targets @chapter Specifying a Debugging Target |