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Re: Reload executable from disk

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
To: Shaun Jackman <sjackman at gmail dot com>, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 20:48:03 -0400
Subject: Re: Reload executable from disk
References: <7f45d93905042016485e49f89b@mail.gmail.com> <20050421001845.GA2324@white>

On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 08:18:45PM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 04:48:16PM -0700, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> > Is there an option to have gdb reload the executable specified with
> > 'file' from disk if its time stamp has changed upon a 'load' command?
> 
> I could be wrong, but if you rerun a program that you recompiled, I think 
> GDB is smart enough to use the new program, not the old one.
> 
> Is this what you want to know?

We check this in a lot of places, but it's possible that "load" is not
one of them.  Maybe it ought to be.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC

References:
- Reload executable from disk
  - From: Shaun Jackman
- Re: Reload executable from disk
  - From: Bob Rossi

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