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Re: return value of a gdb command


On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 08:09:55AM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 07:13:45PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 04:11:38PM -0700, Smita wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >  Is it possible to capture return value of a gdb command (status=error or
> > > success)?
> > >  What I want to do is:
> > > (gdb) <gdb-command>
> > > (gdb) if status of <gdb-command> == SUCCESS
> > >       then
> > >            do-something
> > >       else
> > >            do-something-else
> > >       end
> > > (gdb)
> > > 
> > > Is it posible to do this?
> > 
> > Not right now, no.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Daniel Jacobowitz
> > MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer
> 
> That was something I thought would be useful also. Would it be a
> difficult patch?

Yes, probably - we don't really have a concept of "status".

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer


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