debugging a program that takes command line args

debugging a program that takes command line args

[Adam Schuetze]

Hi all,

I'd like to be able to use insight to debug programs that take
command line arguements, but I cannot discover how to do this.

I have tried things like:

gdb test_program arg1 arg2 arg3

but the args are ignored.

How is this done?

thanks,

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Re: debugging a program that takes command line args

[Jim Ingham]

Adam,

Go to the Target Settings panel (look under the File menu on the Source window).  Set the target to "exec".  Then you will get an "args" entry box in the target settings.  Type your arguments in the Run window, and you are good to go.

The non-gui way to do it, is to bring up the console window, and type

(gdb) set args whatever

Then run as normal.

Hope  this helps,

Jim

On Saturday, November 11, 2000, at 03:14 PM, insight-digest-help@sources.redhat.com wrote:

> From: Adam Schuetze <adam@adam-schuetze.org>
> Date: Sat Nov 11, 2000  03:15:00 PM US/Pacific
> To: Insight Mailing List <insight@sourceware.cygnus.com>
> Subject: debugging a program that takes command line args
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'd like to be able to use insight to debug programs that take
> command line arguements, but I cannot discover how to do this.
> 
> I have tried things like:
> 
> gdb test_program arg1 arg2 arg3
> 
> but the args are ignored.
> 
> How is this done?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> -- 
>             Adam Schuetze <adam@adam-schuetze.org> 
>         Get my pgp keys at http://www.adam-schuetze.org 
> 
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