Doc update

Don Howard dhoward@redhat.com
Wed Oct 31 09:49:00 GMT 2001


Ok to commit the following?


2001-10-30  Don Howard  <dhoward@redhat.com>

	* gdb.texinfo: (Command Files) Added documentation for the
	behavior of gdb with input redirected from a file.


Index: gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.52
diff -p -u -w -r1.52 gdb.texinfo
--- gdb.texinfo 2001/10/30 04:05:36     1.52
+++ gdb.texinfo 2001/10/31 17:06:33
@@ -13114,6 +13114,20 @@ without asking when used in a command fi
 normally print messages to say what they are doing omit the messages
 when called from command files.

+@value{GDBN} also accepts command input from standard input.  In this
+mode, normal output goes to standard output and error output goes to
+standard error.  Errors in a command file supplied on standard input do
+not terminate execution of the command file -- execution continues with
+the next command.
+
+@example
+gdb < cmds > log 2>&1
+@end example
+
+(The syntax above will vary depending on the shell used.) This example
+will execute commands from the file @file{cmds}. All output and errors
+would be directed to @file{log}.
+
 @node Output
 @section Commands for controlled output


-- 
-Don
dhoward@redhat.com
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