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cli/956: "dir" command can't handle directory with spaces
- From: tromey at redhat dot com
- To: gdb-gnats at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 24 Jan 2003 01:35:16 -0000
- Subject: cli/956: "dir" command can't handle directory with spaces
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
>Number: 956
>Category: cli
>Synopsis: "dir" command can't handle directory with spaces
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: unassigned
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Fri Jan 24 01:38:00 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Tom Tromey
>Release: unknown-1.0
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>Description:
Today I was debugging a program whose source directory
has a space in it. I was unable to find a way to
tell gdb to search this directory with the "dir"
command; in the end I worked around it by making a
space-less symlink and pointing gdb at that.
I think it would make sense if the dir command understood
quoting. Then I could type something like:
dir '/path/with/a space in it/'
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