From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
To: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: GDB needs a --cmdline option
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 00:15:00 -0000
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X-SW-Source: 2001-09/msg00023.html

>>>>> "Fernando" == Fernando Nasser <fnasser@cygnus.com> writes:

Fernando> What Tom wants is a way to "set args" from the command line.

No, I think it's more than that.
It lets me insert a `gdb' call directly into a pipeline like `--run'.
This mode would still handle stdin/out/err redirection issues like --run.
It would just let me debug directly instead of pre-editing.

Fernando> This seems more like a convenience though. 

Sometimes convenience is important.

Tom