Re: gdb command line option -e or -exec usage

Michael Snyder <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:45:01 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gdb.devel,gmane.comp.gdb.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Paragi, Ajeykumar B wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have invoked gdb with '-e' command line option on an executable, 
> The gdb manual says '-e' is used to set the executable to run.
> But I could not see the symbols read in by gdb when I use -e and could
> not insert breakpoints.
> 
> What is the intent of having the command line option "-e" or "-exec"?

Hmmm, it does seem to be broken.

You can get the same effect, though, by just leaving out the -e flag.

     % gdb my-executable