Re: [RFC] add 'save-breakpoints' command

Klee Dienes
2001-12-04T21:35:56Z

> Thanks! Please consider writing up some minimal docs for this
> functionality, for the gdb.texinfo manual.

Whoops. How about this:

--- cygnus.pristine/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo Fri Nov 30 19:27:53 2001
+++ cygnus.patched/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo Tue Dec 4 16:27:02 2001
@@ -2335,6 +2335,7 @@
* Set Catchpoints:: Setting catchpoints
* Delete Breaks:: Deleting breakpoints
* Disabling:: Disabling breakpoints
+* Saving:: Saving breakpoints
* Conditions:: Break conditions
* Break Commands:: Breakpoint command lists
* Breakpoint Menus:: Breakpoint menus
@@ -2941,6 +2942,22 @@
breakpoint of its own, but it does not change the state of your other
breakpoints; see @ref{Continuing and Stepping, ,Continuing and
stepping}.)
+
+@node Saving
+@subsection Saving breakpoints
+@cindex save breakpoints for future sessions
+
+Sometimes, it can be convenient to save the current set of breakpoints
+for use in a future debugging session:
+
+@table @code
+@kindex save-breakpoints
+@item save-breakpoints
+Save all current breakpoint definitions, together with their
+ignore-counts and command scripts, into the file @file{@var{filename}}.
+To read the saved breakpoint definitions, use the @code{source} command
+(@pxref{Command Files}).
+@end table