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GNU Info (gdb.info)Invoking GDBInvoking GDB ============ Invoke GDB by running the program `gdb'. Once started, GDB reads commands from the terminal until you tell it to exit. You can also run `gdb' with a variety of arguments and options, to specify more of your debugging environment at the outset. The command-line options described here are designed to cover a variety of situations; in some environments, some of these options may effectively be unavailable. The most usual way to start GDB is with one argument, specifying an executable program: gdb PROGRAM You can also start with both an executable program and a core file specified: gdb PROGRAM CORE You can, instead, specify a process ID as a second argument, if you want to debug a running process: gdb PROGRAM 1234 would attach GDB to process `1234' (unless you also have a file named `1234'; GDB does check for a core file first). Taking advantage of the second command-line argument requires a fairly complete operating system; when you use GDB as a remote debugger attached to a bare board, there may not be any notion of "process", and there is often no way to get a core dump. GDB will warn you if it is unable to attach or to read core dumps. You can optionally have `gdb' pass any arguments after the executable file to the inferior using `--args'. This option stops option processing. gdb --args gcc -O2 -c foo.c This will cause `gdb' to debug `gcc', and to set `gcc''s command-line arguments (Note: Arguments) to `-O2 -c foo.c'. You can run `gdb' without printing the front material, which describes GDB's non-warranty, by specifying `-silent': gdb -silent You can further control how GDB starts up by using command-line options. GDB itself can remind you of the options available. Type gdb -help to display all available options and briefly describe their use (`gdb -h' is a shorter equivalent). All options and command line arguments you give are processed in sequential order. The order makes a difference when the `-x' option is used.
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