Re: Command File Scope Checking

Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-23T14:31:07Z

> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:45:23 +0100
> From: "Rob Quill" <rob.quill@gmail.com>
>
> Is it possible to check if a variable is in scope when using a command
> file, because I don't want control to return to GDB when a variable
> goes out of scope, so I would like to know if a variable is in scope
> before I check the value of it.

(gdb) info address foobar
No symbol "foobar" in current context.

If the variable _is_ in scope, you will see a different message, like
this:

(gdb) info address arglen
Symbol "arglen" is a variable in register eax.

or maybe this:

Symbol "gdb_use_lsb" is static storage at address 0x815e720