How to see the content of a buffer

How to see the content of a buffer

[Stefano Sabatini]

Hi all,

sorry if the question may appear naive,

I would like to print from gdb the content of a buffer, either using
the emacs interface or gdb I get the buffer truncated, that is I get
something of the kind:

$49 = 0xbfa6048f "OPTIONS * RTSP/1.0\r\nDate: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:53:26 GMT\r\nCSeq: 2\r\nSupported: method.announce\r\n\r\nANNOUNCE * RTSP/1.0\r\nDate: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:53:3"...

which command should I use to see the complete content of the buffer
(or to see say the buffer from char 0 to char N)?

Many thanks in advance.

Best regards.
-- 
Stefano Sabatini
Linux user number 337176 (see http://counter.li.org)

Re: How to see the content of a buffer

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Tuesday 2008-04-15 13:43:56 +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala@poste.it> writes:
> 
> > which command should I use to see the complete content of the buffer
> > (or to see say the buffer from char 0 to char N)?
> 
> (gdb) help set print elements
> Set limit on string chars or array elements to print.
> "set print elements 0" causes there to be no limit.

Thanks Andreas, it worked fine, I also checked the x command too
(x/200c data) which is also useful for other purposes.

Many regards.
-- 
Stefano Sabatini
Linux user number 337176 (see http://counter.li.org)

Re: How to see the content of a buffer

[Andreas Schwab]

Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala@poste.it> writes:

> which command should I use to see the complete content of the buffer
> (or to see say the buffer from char 0 to char N)?

(gdb) help set print elements
Set limit on string chars or array elements to print.
"set print elements 0" causes there to be no limit.

Andreas.

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Re: How to see the content of a buffer

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Tuesday 2008-04-15 13:43:56 +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala@poste.it> writes:
> 
> > which command should I use to see the complete content of the buffer
> > (or to see say the buffer from char 0 to char N)?
> 
> (gdb) help set print elements
> Set limit on string chars or array elements to print.
> "set print elements 0" causes there to be no limit.

Thanks Andreas, it worked fine, I also checked the x command too
(x/200c data) which is also useful for other purposes.

Many regards.
-- 
Stefano Sabatini
Linux user number 337176 (see http://counter.li.org)