Re: gdb command line option -e or -exec usage

Michael Snyder
2010-02-12T18:45:11Z

Paragi, Ajeykumar B wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have invoked gdb with '-e' command line option on an executable,
> The gdb manual says '-e' is used to set the executable to run.
> But I could not see the symbols read in by gdb when I use -e and could
> not insert breakpoints.
>
> What is the intent of having the command line option "-e" or "-exec"?

Hmmm, it does seem to be broken.

You can get the same effect, though, by just leaving out the -e flag.

% gdb my-executable