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From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: RFA: Document 'target remote pipe'
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:28:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <vt2hd69vqi1.fsf@theseus.home.> (raw)


src/gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2006-03-07  Jim Blandy  <jimb@red-bean.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Connecting): Document 'target remote pipe'.

Index: src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
--- src.orig/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -12220,6 +12220,18 @@ keep in mind that the `U' stands for ``U
 can silently drop packets on busy or unreliable networks, which will
 cause havoc with your debugging session.
 
+@item target remote | @var{command}
+@cindex pipe, @code{target remote} to
+Run @var{command} in the background and communicate with it using a
+pipe.  The @var{command} is a shell command, to be parsed and expanded
+by the system's command shell, @code{/bin/sh}; it should expect remote
+protocol packets on its standard input, and send replies on its
+standard output.
+
+If @var{command} closes its standard output (perhaps by exiting),
+@value{GDBN} will try to send it a @code{SIGTERM} signal.  (If the
+program has already exited, this will have no effect.)
+
 @end table
 
 Once the connection has been established, you can use all the usual


             reply	other threads:[~2006-03-07 22:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-03-08 15:28 Jim Blandy [this message]
2006-03-09 17:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-03-09 19:13   ` Jim Blandy
2006-03-09 21:44     ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-03-10  1:04       ` Jim Blandy

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