Re: [RFC] multi-process gdb (forks, checkpoints)

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:57:51 -0800
>>From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
>>
>>This is, no kidding, gdb debugging multiple processes.
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> Wow!  Thanks!
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>>Eli, I'll be working on documentation.  For the mean time,
>>the user interface looks like this:
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>>	set/show detach-on-fork (on/off) [default on]
>>	info forks
>>	fork <n> [analogous to thread <n>]
>>	detach-fork <n>
>>	delete-fork <n> [and kill]
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> I'd prefer that we use ``process'' instead of ``fork'' here.  That is,
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>     info processes
>     process <n>  [assuming n is a PID]

Good idea.  But <n>, as written, is not a PID, it's a
small counting number (analogous to a breakpoint id or
thread id).

I've added the command "process <proc-id" on the branch,
but kept "fork <fork-id>" since its semantics is different
(and still useful).  "info processes" is problematic, since
there is already an "info proc" command.