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The GDB/MI Interface
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Function and Purpose
====================

   GDB/MI is a line based machine oriented text interface to GDB.  It is
specifically intended to support the development of systems which use
the debugger as just one small component of a larger system.

   This chapter is a specification of the GDB/MI interface.  It is
written in the form of a reference manual.

   Note that GDB/MI is still under construction, so some of the
features described below are incomplete and subject to change.

Notation and Terminology
========================

   This chapter uses the following notation:

   * `|' separates two alternatives.

   * `[ SOMETHING ]' indicates that SOMETHING is optional: it may or
     may not be given.

   * `( GROUP )*' means that GROUP inside the parentheses may repeat
     zero or more times.

   * `( GROUP )+' means that GROUP inside the parentheses may repeat
     one or more times.

   * `"STRING"' means a literal STRING.

Acknowledgments
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   In alphabetic order: Andrew Cagney, Fernando Nasser, Stan Shebs and
Elena Zannoni.

GDB/MI Command Syntax

GDB/MI Compatibility with CLI

GDB/MI Output Records

GDB/MI Command Description Format

GDB/MI Breakpoint Table Commands

GDB/MI Data Manipulation

GDB/MI Program Control

GDB/MI Miscellaneous Commands

GDB/MI Stack Manipulation

GDB/MI Symbol Query

GDB/MI Target Manipulation

GDB/MI Thread Commands

GDB/MI Tracepoint Commands

GDB/MI Variable Objects