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Re: specifying gdb's exit code
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: Daniel Gutson <daniel dot gutson at tallertechnologies dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:11:40 -0600
- Subject: Re: specifying gdb's exit code
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>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Gutson <daniel.gutson@tallertechnologies.com> writes:
Daniel> What about this?
Daniel> (I'm not a native English speaker)
I wonder what you think of the appended.
It adds an explicit "Usage" line, which gdb does in a few other spots
and which I think it generally the most clear approach.
Tom
diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c b/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c
index bfcd975..298f54c 100644
--- a/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c
+++ b/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c
@@ -1685,7 +1685,11 @@ strict == evaluate script according to filename extension, error if not supporte
show_script_ext_mode,
&setlist, &showlist);
- add_com ("quit", class_support, quit_command, _("Exit gdb."));
+ add_com ("quit", class_support, quit_command, _("\
+Exit gdb.\n\
+Usage: quit [CODE]\n\
+The optional argument CODE, if present, is used as gdb's exit status.\n\
+The default is zero."));
c = add_com ("help", class_support, help_command,
_("Print list of commands."));
set_cmd_completer (c, command_completer);