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Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] Implement "set cwd" command on GDB


On Friday, September 22 2017, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
>> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org,  palves@redhat.com
>> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:00:51 -0400
>> 
>> On Friday, September 22 2017, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> 
>> >> +@kindex set cwd
>> >> +@cindex change inferior's working directory
>> >> +@item set cwd @r{[}@var{directory}@r{]}
>> >> +Set the inferior's working directory to @var{directory}.  If not
>> >> +given, @var{directory} uses @file{'~'}.
>> >
>> > I think we should document here what does "~" mean on MS-Windows,
>> > especially since, when HOME is not in the environment, Gnulib's glob
>> > module doesn't behave according to MS platform recommendations (which
>> > say not to create files directly below %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%).
>> 
>> Sure, but just to be clear, this text was strongly based on another part
>> of the docs, which also mentions '~' without explaining further.
>> 
>> As I am totally out of the loop when it comes to Windows environments,
>> I'd appreciate a suggestion for the new text.
>
> If you write the Unix part, I can propose how to amend it to cover
> Windows.  OK?

What do you think:

@table @code
@kindex set cwd
@cindex change inferior's working directory
@item set cwd @r{[}@var{directory}@r{]}
Set the inferior's working directory to @var{directory}, which will be
@code{glob}-expanded in order to resolve tildes (@file{~}).  If no
argument has been specified, the command clears the setting and resets
it to an empty state.  This setting has no effect on @value{GDBN}'s
working directory, and it only takes effect the next time you start
the inferior.

?

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