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Subject: Re: Manipulating memory
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On Tuesday 05 August 2008 21:03:38 Eran Ifrah wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I have read the GDB manual, and I could not find a way to manipulate a
> memory, for example: set values at given address. I only found a way
> to view it using '-data-read-memory' command,
> is this true or did I miss something?

I'd be glad if someone had a real solution for that task, too.

So far I used something along the lines of

   call sprintf(address, "%d %s ..", token, ... )

to write something to target memory, but I am looking for an alternative
too, as this gets mis-parsed in some cases.

Maybe=20=20

   restore filename [binary] bias start end

as described in section 8.16 of the manual would help, but that seems to
require the contents to be put in a file first. Not really convenient eithe=
r...

Regards,
Andr=E9