Re: Non-interactive stepping

[Nick Roberts <nick@nick.uklinux.net>]

> I want to do something similar to

> gdb -[Some command line argument] a.out
> a.out: main.c:5 main() May  1 16:18:07 CDT 2004
> a.out: main.c:6 main() May  1 16:18:08 CDT 2004
> a.out: main.c:7 main() May  1 16:18:09 CDT 2004
> a.out: main.c:25 print() May  1 16:18:09 CDT 2004
> a.out: main.c:28 print() May  1 16:18:09 CDT 2004
> a.out: source2.c:10 echo() May  1 16:18:10 CDT 2004
> a.out: source2.c:11 echo() May  1 16:18:10 CDT 2004
> a.out: source2.c:11 echo() May  1 16:18:12 CDT 2004
> a.out: main.c:29 print() May  1 16:18:13 CDT 2004
> a.out: main.c:8 main() May  1 16:18:14 CDT 2004
> etc...

Here's an ugly hack that gives you line information.

Put the following user-defined command in your .gdbinit file:

define mytrace
  set height 0
  b main
  run
  while 1
    step
  end
end

Run gdb with "gdb -ann=1 myprog" and type "mytrace" at the prompt

to get something like:

(gdb) mytrace
Breakpoint 1 at 0x804849f: file myprog.c, line 38.

Breakpoint 1, main () at myprog.c:38
^Z^Z/home/nick/myprog.c:38:389:beg:0x804849f
^Z^Z/home/nick/myprog.c:44:470:beg:0x80484a6
^Z^Z/home/nick/myprog.c:49:585:beg:0x80484ec
^Z^Z/home/nick/myprog.c:50:595:beg:0x80484f5
^Z^Z/home/nick/myprog.c:51:611:beg:0x804850d
^Z^Z/home/nick/myprog.c:52:628:beg:0x8048525
^Z^Z/home/nick/myprog.c:53:637:beg:0x804852c
...

You might want to re-direct any program output.

Nick