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Re: How can I define the breakpoint-commands in my gdbinit file
luoyi@slack$ cat ~/.gdbinit
define mybp
b main
commands
silent
printf "eax = %x\n", $eax
end
end
luoyi@slack$ gdb a.out
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This GDB was configured as
"i486-slackware-linux".../home/luoyi/.gdbinit:7: Error in sourced
command file:
This command cannot be used at the top level.
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) mybp
Breakpoint 1 at 0x8048440
Quit <<------------------ gdb stop here! after Ctrl+C, it go on with this
(gdb)
2006/12/14, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>:
On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 09:51:19AM +0800, Luo Yi wrote:
> How can I define the breakpoint-commands in my gdbinit file ?
>
> define b1
> b *0x805d3bf
> commands
> silent
> printf "ne, eax = %x\n", $eax
> end <<< ------------
> end
>
> the commands need a end instruction which can't appear in the middle
> of the gdbinit file.
It should work fine. Are you using the latest GDB?
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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