Re: ambiguous set command

asvija <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gdb.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I think you should use 'set var b=20'


ramadewa wrote:

>gdb seems to think b represents a command line option (backtrace or
>breakpoint). This tends to happen when trying to set 1-character variables.
>
>If you rename your variable to boy, it should work fine. Or, you can use
>print b=50 to set (and view) b.
>
>
>tej wrote:
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>>hi friends ,
>>
>>    i am running simulavr in the background and then using gdb as the
>>debugger for 
>>
>>my program for the device at90s8515. during debugging process when I  type 
>>
>>set b = 50 at the (gdb) prompt , it gves the following error :
>>
>>            Ambiguous set command  "b=50" ; backtrace , breakpoint
>>
>>(gdb) print b is working fine .
>>
>>what can be the reason for this error.( I am using gdb 6.4).
>>
>>tej
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>>    
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