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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 7fa73fb..a532825 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2019-08-27 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add information about the -n flag to + "info variables" and "info functions". + 2019-08-25 Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp> * gdb.texinfo (Standard Target Features): Add RX Features sub-section. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index e1bc814..53b7de9 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -18594,7 +18594,7 @@ The matching is case-sensitive, except on operating systems that have case-insensitive filesystem (e.g., MS-Windows). @kindex info functions -@item info functions [-q] +@item info functions [-q] [-n] Print the names and data types of all defined functions. Similarly to @samp{info types}, this command groups its output by source files and annotates each function definition with its source line @@ -18607,11 +18607,16 @@ to print the function name and type according to the language of the function, other values mean to use the manually specified language (see @ref{Manually, ,Set Language Manually}). +The @samp{-n} flag excludes @dfn{non-debugging symbols} from the +results. A non-debugging symbol is a symbol that comes from the +executable's symbol table, not from the debug information (for +example, DWARF) associated with the executable. + The optional flag @samp{-q}, which stands for @samp{quiet}, disables printing header information and messages explaining why no functions have been printed. -@item info functions [-q] [-t @var{type_regexp}] [@var{regexp}] +@item info functions [-q] [-n] [-t @var{type_regexp}] [@var{regexp}] Like @samp{info functions}, but only print the names and data types of the functions selected with the provided regexp(s). @@ -18641,7 +18646,7 @@ is printed only if its name matches @var{regexp} and its type matches @kindex info variables -@item info variables [-q] +@item info variables [-q] [-n] Print the names and data types of all variables that are defined outside of functions (i.e.@: excluding local variables). The printed variables are grouped by source files and annotated with @@ -18654,11 +18659,13 @@ to print the variable name and type according to the language of the variable, other values mean to use the manually specified language (see @ref{Manually, ,Set Language Manually}). +The @samp{-n} flag excludes non-debugging symbols from the results. + The optional flag @samp{-q}, which stands for @samp{quiet}, disables printing header information and messages explaining why no variables have been printed. -@item info variables [-q] [-t @var{type_regexp}] [@var{regexp}] +@item info variables [-q] [-n] [-t @var{type_regexp}] [@var{regexp}] Like @kbd{info variables}, but only print the variables selected with the provided regexp(s). |