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RE: .gdbinit to debug gdb with gdb
- To: 'Fernando Nasser' <fnasser at cygnus dot com>, Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: .gdbinit to debug gdb with gdb
- From: Fabrice Gautier <Fabrice_Gautier at sdesigns dot com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:23:10 -0800
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
Yes, the file was in the build tree...
However, I copied it in the directory where i launched gdb but it doesn't
seem to have any effect.
I had to rename it to gdb.ini or to source it.
I have gdb/insight 5.0.
Thanks
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fernando Nasser [mailto:fnasser@cygnus.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 1:06 PM
> To: Christopher Faylor
> Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: .gdbinit to debug gdb with gdb
>
>
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 07:41:36PM +0000,
> Nicolas.Thery@Symbian.com wrote:
> > >Fabrice Gautier <Fabrice_Gautier@sdesigns.com> wrote:
> > >>In the "internals" gdb docs it is said that there is a
> .gdbinit file in
> > >>the gdb source tree that should be used to debug gdb with gdb more
> > >>easily.
> > >>
> > >>But i can't find this file. Does someone know where it is??
> > >
> > >Try gdbinit.in
> >
> > This is the input file for .gdbinit. I don't think that it
> will be too
> > helpful in its raw form. .gdbinit is created when you
> configure gdb.
> >
>
> Right, and if you look at your build tree on the gdb
> directory you will
> find it there.
>
> Note that sometime ago the Windows version was called
> "gdb.ini" instead of
> ".gdbinit". We have stopped making this distinction recently
> (at least under Cygwin).
>
> --
> Fernando Nasser
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>