Re: GDB needs a --cmdline option

["John R. Moore" <jmoore@cygnus.com>]

For 1. below, would an expect script do ?

------ cut runGdb ----
#!/bin/sh
# the next line restarts using expect \
exec tclsh "$0" "$@"

package require Expect

log_user 0
set timeout 5

spawn gdb

if { [llength $argv] > 0} \
  {
    expect "(gdb) " \
      {
        send " [ lrange $argv 0 end ] \r"
      }
  }
interact

exit
------- end runGdb -----

A similar script could be written for 2.

John

On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Mo DeJong wrote:

> Hi all. I was just going through the pain of creating
> --command files to run my program when it struck me (again)
> that gdb should be able to handle this. Last year, I
> posted a note about this, it generated some discussion
> of how it could be implemented:
>
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00111.html
>
> As far as I know, nothing has happened on this front so
> I am back in an attempt to get it done or die trying.
>
> I am willing to jump in the code and do some hacking
> if folks could point me in the right direction and
> tell me what bits to avoid. The features I need are:
>
> 1. The ability to pass program args on the command line.
>
> Currently, I run `echo "set args arg1 arg2' > gdb.run ; gdb ...
> --command=gdb.run`
>
> 2. The ability to have GDB run in a pipeline, if the
>    program does nothing wrong then gdb would do nothing
>    and return the exit() code of the program.
>
> Currently, I need to go in by hand and figure out what
> the stdin and cmd line args are for the Nth command
> in a pipeline, it is really quite painful.
>
> Mo DeJong
> Red Hat Inc
>