.gdbini file

Eli Zaretskii eliz@gnu.org
Sat Aug 11 08:40:00 GMT 2012


> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:30:23 +0800
> From: Smith John <horserivers@gmail.com>
> 
>           I am debugging  gdb  with  itself ,  how can I use  the
> gdbinit  file  in the  gdb  source directory?

Either type the "source /path/to/.gdbinit" command at the GDB prompt,
or start GDB from the directory of that file, so that it is loaded
automatically.

> or what role does this file play on ?

It defines several defaults and commands useful for debugging GDB.
It's a text file, so you can read it and see what it does.



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