This is the mail archive of the cygwin@cygwin.com mailing list for the Cygwin project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format: [Raw text]

Re: Mysterious gdb behavior.


On Sat, 27 Jul 2002 19:41:57 -0400 Paul Derbyshire <derbyshire@globalserve.net> wrote:

> On 27 Jul 2002 at 16:26, Nicholas Wourms wrote:
> 
> > 
> > --- Paul Derbyshire <derbyshire@globalserve.net> wrote:
> > > On 27 Jul 2002 at 6:50, Sylvain Petreolle wrote:
> > > . . .
> > > Starting program: /home/Paul Derbyshire/antheria/hw.exe
> > > Error creating process /home/Paul Derbyshire/antheria/hw.exe,
> >                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > *SIGH*  Looks like someone didn't read the FAQ...
> 
> Excuse me? Should I not be trying to gdb executables under /home, or 
> something?

Try looking at it with a fixed pitch font.  I suspect he's pointing out
that gdb, like many UNIX programs, doesn't deal well with spaces in file or
directory names.

-- 
Mac :})
** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. **
Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day.
Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age.



--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]