How can I define the breakpoint-commands in my gdbinit file

[Luo Yi]

luoyi@slack$ cat ~/.gdbinit
define mybp
        b main
        commands
        silent
        printf "eax = %x\n", $eax
        end
end
luoyi@slack$ gdb a.out
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"i486-slackware-linux".../home/luoyi/.gdbinit:7: Error in sourced
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Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".

(gdb) mybp
Breakpoint 1 at 0x8048440
Quit    <<------------------ gdb stop here! after Ctrl+C, it go on with this
(gdb)

2006/12/14, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>:
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 09:51:19AM +0800, Luo Yi wrote:
> > How can I define the breakpoint-commands in my gdbinit file ?
> >
> > define b1
> > b *0x805d3bf
> > commands
> > silent
> > printf "ne, eax = %x\n", $eax
> > end    <<< ------------
> > end
> >
> > the commands need a end instruction which can't appear in the middle
> > of the gdbinit file.
>
> It should work fine.  Are you using the latest GDB?
> --
> Daniel Jacobowitz
> CodeSourcery
>