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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/infcmd.c')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/infcmd.c b/gdb/infcmd.c index d56503c..cbd8a0a 100644 --- a/gdb/infcmd.c +++ b/gdb/infcmd.c @@ -3017,40 +3017,49 @@ The target will wait for another debugger to connect. Not available for\n\ all targets.")); c = add_com ("signal", class_run, signal_command, _("\ -Continue program giving it signal specified by the argument.\n\ -An argument of \"0\" means continue program without giving it a signal.")); +Continue program with the specified signal.\n\ +Usage: signal SIGNAL\n\ +The SIGNAL arugment is processed the same as the handle command.\n\ +\n\ +An argument of \"0\" means continue the program without sending it a signal.\n\ +This is useful in cases where the program stopped because of a signal,\n\ +and you want to resume the program while discarding the signal.")); set_cmd_completer (c, signal_completer); add_com ("stepi", class_run, stepi_command, _("\ Step one instruction exactly.\n\ -Argument N means do this N times (or till program stops for another \ +Usage: stepi [N]\n\ +Argument N means step N times (or till program stops for another \ reason).")); add_com_alias ("si", "stepi", class_alias, 0); add_com ("nexti", class_run, nexti_command, _("\ Step one instruction, but proceed through subroutine calls.\n\ -Argument N means do this N times (or till program stops for another \ +Usage: nexti [N]\n\ +Argument N means step N times (or till program stops for another \ reason).")); add_com_alias ("ni", "nexti", class_alias, 0); add_com ("finish", class_run, finish_command, _("\ Execute until selected stack frame returns.\n\ +Usage: finish\n\ Upon return, the value returned is printed and put in the value history.")); add_com_alias ("fin", "finish", class_run, 1); add_com ("next", class_run, next_command, _("\ Step program, proceeding through subroutine calls.\n\ -Like the \"step\" command as long as subroutine calls do not happen;\n\ -when they do, the call is treated as one instruction.\n\ -Argument N means do this N times (or till program stops for another \ -reason).")); +Usage: next [N]\n\ +Unlike \"step\", if the current source line calls a subroutine,\n\ +this command does not enter the subroutine, but instead steps over\n\ +the call, in effect treating it as a single source line.)")); add_com_alias ("n", "next", class_run, 1); if (xdb_commands) add_com_alias ("S", "next", class_run, 1); add_com ("step", class_run, step_command, _("\ Step program until it reaches a different source line.\n\ -Argument N means do this N times (or till program stops for another \ +Usage: step [N]\n\ +Argument N means step N times (or till program stops for another \ reason).")); add_com_alias ("s", "step", class_run, 1); @@ -3069,6 +3078,7 @@ Execution will also stop upon exit from the current stack frame.")); c = add_com ("jump", class_run, jump_command, _("\ Continue program being debugged at specified line or address.\n\ +Usage: jump <location>\n\ Give as argument either LINENUM or *ADDR, where ADDR is an expression\n\ for an address to start at.")); set_cmd_completer (c, location_completer); @@ -3090,6 +3100,7 @@ This command is a combination of tbreak and jump.")); add_com ("continue", class_run, continue_command, _("\ Continue program being debugged, after signal or breakpoint.\n\ +Usage: continue [N]\n\ If proceeding from breakpoint, a number N may be used as an argument,\n\ which means to set the ignore count of that breakpoint to N - 1 (so that\n\ the breakpoint won't break until the Nth time it is reached).\n\ |