redirecting output

[Eli Zaretskii]

On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Per Fransson wrote:

> % gdb a.out --command=command_file > pc_log
> 
> 
> Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work. Somehow the execution gets
> corrupted. The 'pc_log' file deviates from what I get by just letting gdb
> print to stdout like this (they come to different concusions at some
> conditional branch):
> 
> % gdb a.out --command=command_file
> 
> 
> I find this very puzzling. Can someone tell me what's going on? And,
> better yet, how I can get the pc log I'm looking for?

The best technique as of now is to use the `script' command (assuming you 
are on a Posix host) or some work-alike.

Adding a feature you would like to have is a long-standing TODO item in 
GDB development.