Setting Prog pointer back in the prog

[Andrew Cagney]

> On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:07:30PM +0100, Jean-Eric Cuendet wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> With MsDev debugger, you can set the program pointer back in the code
>> (Set Next Statement).
>> Is it also possible with GDB?
>> If yes, how? Why doesn't Eclipse/Insight/DDD/... don't provide that?
>> If no, why? Will it be implemented in a next version? Or is it a MsDev
>> bug? :-)
> 
> 
> Try: "set $pc = <address>".  You have to use PC values, not line
> numbers.

FYI,

(gdb) help jump
Continue program being debugged at specified line or address.
Give as argument either LINENUM or *ADDR, where ADDR is an expression
for an address to start at.

Andrew