Re: gdb/535: GDB will not open symbol files if there is a space inthe filename or path

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>]

The following reply was made to PR gdb/535; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
To: nobody@sources.redhat.com, gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com,
	gdb-prs@sources.redhat.com
Cc:  
Subject: Re: gdb/535: GDB will not open symbol files if there is a space in
 the filename or path
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 02:48:13 -0400

 http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gdb&pr=535
 
 Hello,
 
 Thanks for the bug report!
 
 In terms of fixing this, there are a number of problems:
 
 - the filename_completer() will need to escape space characters as part 
 of a completion:
 
 	(gdb) load /tmp/abc def
 vs 
 (gdb) load /tmp/abc\ def
 
 - there should be a function that all of GDB uses to parse a file name. 
 The code behind the function buildargv() might serve as a good starting 
 point.
 
 - more generally, GDB's CLI needs to gain a stronger syntax.  There are 
 many other places where a space can make a difference.  The disassembler 
 for instance, treats:
 
 	disassemble a +4
 and 
 disassemble a+4
 
 differently.
 
 
 Andrew