From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: gdb error
Date: 5 Jun 2001 18:03:38 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
>> From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
>> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
>> Date: 5 Jun 2001 10:25:14 GMT
>> 
>> Shankar Chakkere <shankara AT erols DOT com> wrote:
>> 
>> > ~/develop/cxref/cxref-1.5c > gdb cxref preproc.c
>> 
>> That's not the correct way of starting a gdb session on DJGPP. It used
>> to be that way a *long* time ago (in DJGPP versions1.12 or earlier, if
>> memory serves)

> I don't think it ever was.  The first version of GDB ported to DJGPP
> was not a stand-alone program, so you had to day something like

> 	go32 -d gdb cxref

Yeah, that's the one I'm remembering.

> But there was never a need to mention any source files.

"preproc.c" in this case is not an argument for gdb. It's a command
line argument to be passed to the debuggee, cxref. Cxref is a program
for cross-referencing C sources, so passing a C sourcefile name to it
is a natural thing to do.
-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.