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Re: [discuss] Process record -- save and restore to a file
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Michael Snyder <msnyder at vmware dot com>
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:57:03 +0200
- Subject: Re: [discuss] Process record -- save and restore to a file
- References: <4AD35518.9040606@vmware.com>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:11:04 -0700
> From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
>
> I would like to remark that the "restore" UI is logical but not
> intuitive. I think it would be helpful to have a single command eg:
>
> (gdb) record load <filename>
>
> which would do the same as the "core" and "record" commands.
I'm for it.
> Secondly, I have a suggestion about the command names.
> How about
> record save <filename>
> record restore <filename>
> instead of
> record dump <filename>
> record load <filename>
I could go either way, but maybe you are right: "dump" and "load" are
two words with overloaded meanings.