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RFA: Document 'target remote pipe'
- From: Jim Blandy <jimb at red-bean dot com>
- To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:28:38 -0800
- Subject: RFA: Document 'target remote pipe'
src/gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2006-03-07 Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Connecting): Document 'target remote pipe'.
Index: src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
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--- src.orig/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -12220,6 +12220,18 @@ keep in mind that the `U' stands for ``U
can silently drop packets on busy or unreliable networks, which will
cause havoc with your debugging session.
+@item target remote | @var{command}
+@cindex pipe, @code{target remote} to
+Run @var{command} in the background and communicate with it using a
+pipe. The @var{command} is a shell command, to be parsed and expanded
+by the system's command shell, @code{/bin/sh}; it should expect remote
+protocol packets on its standard input, and send replies on its
+standard output.
+
+If @var{command} closes its standard output (perhaps by exiting),
+@value{GDBN} will try to send it a @code{SIGTERM} signal. (If the
+program has already exited, this will have no effect.)
+
@end table
Once the connection has been established, you can use all the usual