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From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] multi-process gdb (forks, checkpoints)
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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.
> 
> 
> Wow!  Thanks!
> 
> 
>>Eli, I'll be working on documentation.  For the mean time,
>>the user interface looks like this:
>>
>>	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]
> 
> 
> I'd prefer that we use ``process'' instead of ``fork'' here.  That is,
> 
>     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.