GDBINIT
Section: GNU Development Tools (5)
Updated: 2021-03-31
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NAME
gdbinit - GDB initialization scripts
SYNOPSIS
/etc/gdbinit
~/.gdbinit
./.gdbinit
DESCRIPTION
These files contain
GDB commands to automatically execute during
GDB startup. The lines of contents are canned sequences of commands,
described in
the
GDB manual in node
"Sequences"
--- shell command
"info -f gdb -n Sequences".
Please read more in
the GDB manual in node "Startup"
--- shell command "info -f gdb -n Startup".
- /etc/gdbinit
-
System-wide initialization file. It is executed unless user specified
GDB option "-nx" or "-n".
See more in
the GDB manual in node "System-wide configuration"
--- shell command "info -f gdb -n 'System-wide configuration'".
- (not enabled with "--with-system-gdbinit-dir" during compilation)
-
System-wide initialization directory. All files in this directory are
executed on startup unless user specified GDB option "-nx" or
"-n", as long as they have a recognized file extension.
See more in
the GDB manual in node "System-wide configuration"
--- shell command "info -f gdb -n 'System-wide configuration'".
- ~/.gdbinit
-
User initialization file. It is executed unless user specified
GDB options "-nx", "-n" or "-nh".
- ./.gdbinit
-
Initialization file for current directory. It may need to be enabled with
GDB security command "set auto-load local-gdbinit".
See more in
the GDB manual in node "Init File in the Current Directory"
--- shell command "info -f gdb -n 'Init File in the Current Directory'".
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
gdb(1),
"info -f gdb -n Startup"
The full documentation for GDB is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the "info" and "gdb" programs and GDB's Texinfo
documentation are properly installed at your site, the command
info gdb
should give you access to the complete manual.
Using GDB: A Guide to the GNU Source-Level Debugger,
Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991.
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