Sender:	nate AT cartsys DOT com
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Date:	Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:51:42 -0700
From:	Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To:	Anton Helm <tony AT nt DOT tuwien DOT ac DOT at>
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: djgpp and WinNT 4.0 summary of problems
References:	<3 DOT 0 DOT 5 DOT 32 DOT 19980722153436 DOT 0099e970 AT hal DOT nt DOT tuwien DOT ac DOT at>

Anton Helm wrote:

> BTW: gdb reads source files from the directories given with the 'dir'
> command (defaults to compile-dir and cwd). Do djgpp executables
> contain the compile-dir info? gdb never finds the sources for
> programs without explicit 'dir' command. (I haven't tested this with plain DOS.)
> I've tried strings on the *.exe file but did't find any directory info.

No, the executable has no record of the path of the source; you have to
use `dir'.  (This is the same on Unix, btw.)  You can automate that with
a gdb.ini file for the project.
-- 

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com

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