From: Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>
To: Nagmat Nazar <nagmat@gmail.com>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: What are the procedures to use self declared convenience functions in GDB?
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:39:15 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8477dd9d-5952-ca65-3b11-386259f27e61@simark.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJnvuZ_UEox9FvcNVS2rUC+=5P8_g=_hLOG13FdQBP-2x_e+pg@mail.gmail.com>
On 2020-11-18 12:18 a.m., Nagmat Nazar wrote:
> Dear Simon,
>
> I have written convenience function as on explanation:
> https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/Functions-In-Python.html
> greet.py
> ```
>
> class Greet (gdb.Function):
> """Return string to greet someone.
> Takes a name as argument."""
>
> def __init__ (self):
> super (Greet, self).__init__ ("greet")
>
> def invoke (self, name):
> return "Hello, %s!" % name.string ()
>
> Greet ()
>
> ```
> image.png
>
> I have placed greet.py into ~/gdb/python/lib/gdb/function/, but as you see on the picture it still gives error. What else shall I do in order to use this function?
>
> Kind regards
> Nagmat
Just putting the file in ~/gdb/python/lib/gdb/function/ won't magically load it.
You should either use the source command inside GDB (or in a .gdbinit) or the -x switch when starting GDB.
Simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-18 20:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-17 9:03 Nagmat Nazar
2020-11-17 14:34 ` Simon Marchi
[not found] ` <CAJnvuZ_UEox9FvcNVS2rUC+=5P8_g=_hLOG13FdQBP-2x_e+pg@mail.gmail.com>
2020-11-18 20:39 ` Simon Marchi [this message]
2020-11-19 7:48 ` Aktemur, Tankut Baris
2020-11-19 8:34 ` Nagmat Nazar
2020-11-19 10:39 ` Christian Biesinger
2020-11-19 10:59 ` Aktemur, Tankut Baris
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