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Hello,
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GDBINIT(5) GNU Development Tools GDBINIT(5)
NAME
gdbinit - GDB initialization scripts
SYNOPSIS
/etc/gdbinit
~/.gdbinit
./.gdbinit
DESCRIPTION
These files contain GDB commands to automatically execute during GDB startup. The lines of contents are canned sequences of commands,
described in the GDB manual in node "Sequences" -- shell command "info -f gdb -n Sequences".
Please read more in the GDB manual in node "Startup" -- shell command "info -f gdb -n Startup".
/etc/gdbinit
System-wide initialization file. It is executed unless user specified GDB option "-nx" or "-n". See more in the GDB manual in node
"System-wide configuration" -- shell command "info -f gdb -n 'System-wide configuration'".
~/.gdbinit
User initialization file. It is executed unless user specified GDB options "-nx", "-n" or "-nh".
./.gdbinit
Initialization file for current directory. It may need to be enabled with GDB security command "set auto-load local-gdbinit". See
more in the GDB manual in node "Init File in the Current Directory" -- shell command "info -f gdb -n 'Init File in the Current
Directory'".
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
gdb(1), "info -f gdb -n Startup"
The full documentation for GDB is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the "info" and "gdb" programs and GDB's Texinfo documentation are
properly installed at your site, the command
info gdb
should give you access to the complete manual.
Using GDB: A Guide to the GNU Source-Level Debugger, Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1988-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being "Free Software" and "Free Software Needs
Free Documentation", with the Front-Cover Texts being "A GNU Manual," and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below.
(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You are free to copy and modify this GNU Manual. Buying copies from GNU Press supports the FSF in
developing GNU and promoting software freedom."
gdb-Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6.1-51.el7 2014-06-10 GDBINIT(5)