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Re: [PATCH] Make cygwin use .gdbinit
> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 23:04:26 -0500
> From: DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
>
> I suggest something like:
>
> These files are normally named @file{.gdbinit} although filesystem
> limitations require that they be named @file{gdb.ini} on some
> platforms, such as DJGPP.
My suggestion is similar:
When you start @value{GDBN}, it automatically executes commands from its
@dfn{init files}, normally called @file{.gdbinit}@footnote{The DJGPP
port of @value{GDBN} uses the name @file{gdb.ini} instead, due to the
limitations of file names imposed by DOS filesystems.}.
This banishes the difference into a footnote, where it is less
prominent, and also avoids the pitfall of saying that gdb.ini is only
used on DOS.