From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 83944 invoked by alias); 12 Sep 2017 14:55:42 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 83935 invoked by uid 89); 12 Sep 2017 14:55:42 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy= X-HELO: eggs.gnu.org Received: from eggs.gnu.org (HELO eggs.gnu.org) (208.118.235.92) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:55:40 +0000 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1drmbC-0007Ok-5v for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:55:39 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:36081) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1drmb5-0007LB-Ve; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:55:32 -0400 Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1986 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1drmb5-0005XG-2K; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:55:31 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:55:00 -0000 Message-Id: <83fubsq84f.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Sergio Durigan Junior CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, palves@redhat.com In-reply-to: <20170912042325.14927-1-sergiodj@redhat.com> (message from Sergio Durigan Junior on Tue, 12 Sep 2017 00:23:21 -0400) Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] New "set cwd" command Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20170912042325.14927-1-sergiodj@redhat.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-09/txt/msg00337.txt.bz2 > From: Sergio Durigan Junior > Cc: Pedro Alves > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 00:23:21 -0400 > > This patch series is a followup of the discussion that happened at: > > https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2017-09/msg00160.html > > It implements a new GDB command, "set cwd", which is used to set the > current working directory of the inferior that will be started. This > is a GDB-only command for now; its gdbserver counterpart will come > later. Can you summarize the idea, please? (I didn't follow that discussion.) Do we chdir into that directory each time before we run/resume the debuggee? Or do we use the shell (in which case this is limited to Posix hosts)? Or something else? Thanks.