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Re: Manipulating memory
> > I have read the GDB manual, and I could not find a way to manipulate a
> > memory, for example: set values at given address. I only found a way
> > to view it using '-data-read-memory' command,
> > is this true or did I miss something?
>
> I'd be glad if someone had a real solution for that task, too.
>
> So far I used something along the lines of
>
> call sprintf(address, "%d %s ..", token, ... )
>
> to write something to target memory, but I am looking for an alternative
> too, as this gets mis-parsed in some cases.
>
> Maybe
>
> restore filename [binary] bias start end
>
> as described in section 8.16 of the manual would help, but that seems to
> require the contents to be put in a file first. Not really convenient either.
GDB has an undocumented MI command called -data-write-memory. I've not used it
though, and don't know if it works or does what you want.
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