From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20477 invoked by alias); 22 Sep 2004 14:30:31 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 20449 invoked from network); 22 Sep 2004 14:30:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.hispeed.ch) (62.2.95.247) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 22 Sep 2004 14:30:30 -0000 Received: from indel.ch (217-162-27-127.dclient.hispeed.ch [217.162.27.127]) by smtp.hispeed.ch (8.12.6/8.12.6/tornado-1.0) with SMTP id i8MEUTmd027214 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:30:29 +0200 Received: from fabi.indel.ch [192.168.1.19] by indel.ch [127.0.0.1] with SMTP (MDaemon.v2.7.SP5.R) for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:28:17 +0200 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.1.20040922162849.01d62158@NT_SERVER> X-Sender: cenedese@NT_SERVER (Unverified) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:30:00 -0000 To: gdb@sources.redhat.com From: Fabian Cenedese Subject: Re: Release symbol file In-Reply-To: <41518A44.nail2AU21SZUX@mindspring.com> References: <5.2.0.9.1.20040922130725.01d68fe0@NT_SERVER> <5.2.0.9.1.20040922130725.01d68fe0@NT_SERVER> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: gdb@sources.redhat.com X-Return-Path: cenedese@indel.ch X-SW-Source: 2004-09/txt/msg00179.txt.bz2 >> I know that gdb tries to optimize disc accesses by first reading only the >> minimal symbols and only complete them upon request. Is there a >> possibility to read in the whole file and release it so the tool chain >> can overwrite it? Or do I need to do stuff like copying the file and read >> this into gdb so the original can be overwritten? > >gdb --readnow file Thanks, but what about the MI? I can't give switches to e.g -file-exec-and-symbol, can I? I mean, once gdb is started. Or do I have to stop and restart gdb every time? Thanks bye Fabi