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[PATCH v2 3/3] Documentation for the remove-symbol-file command.


2013-04-05  Nicolas Blanc  <nicolas.blanc@intel.com>

	* NEWS: Added description of the remove-symbol-file command.
gdb/doc
	* gdb.texinfo (Commands to Specify Files): Added description
	of the remove-symbol-file command.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Blanc <nicolas.blanc@intel.com>
---
 gdb/NEWS            |    5 +++++
 gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo |   15 +++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 76b48e8..6ca4bc3 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ maint set|show per-command time
 maint set|show per-command symtab
   Enable display of per-command gdb resource usage.
 
+remove-symbol-file ADDR
+  Remove all symbol information about the file loaded at the specified
+  address.  The address must match the load address of a file added by
+  the user via the `add-symbol-file' command.
+
 * New options
 
 set remote trace-status-packet
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 47b1188..4657dd5 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -16304,8 +16304,10 @@ section name and base address for that section.  You can specify any
 The symbol table of the file @var{filename} is added to the symbol table
 originally read with the @code{symbol-file} command.  You can use the
 @code{add-symbol-file} command any number of times; the new symbol data
-thus read keeps adding to the old.  To discard all old symbol data
-instead, use the @code{symbol-file} command without any arguments.
+thus read keeps adding to the old.
+
+Changes can be reverted using the command @code{remove-symbol-file},
+which takes as parameter the load address of the file to remove.
 
 @cindex relocatable object files, reading symbols from
 @cindex object files, relocatable, reading symbols from
@@ -16343,6 +16345,15 @@ way.
 
 @code{add-symbol-file} does not repeat if you press @key{RET} after using it.
 
+@kindex remove-symbol-file
+@item remove-symbol-file @var{address}
+The @code{remove-symbol-file} command removes all symbol information about
+the file loaded at @var{address}.  @var{address} must be an expression that
+represents the load address of a file added by the user via the
+@code{add-symbol-file} command.
+
+@code{remove-symbol-file} does not repeat if you press @key{RET} after using it.
+
 @kindex add-symbol-file-from-memory
 @cindex @code{syscall DSO}
 @cindex load symbols from memory
-- 
1.7.10.4


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