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author | Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com> | 2011-02-27 20:49:27 +0000 |
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committer | Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com> | 2011-02-27 20:49:27 +0000 |
commit | af62414197efc46568bd459473b4a22da42d2132 (patch) | |
tree | 9f8f75c7f21a9f38380c0618ab161551989bd730 /gdb/doc | |
parent | 766062f62f6362cdee0cdd33170002adea365fb2 (diff) | |
download | binutils-gdb-af62414197efc46568bd459473b4a22da42d2132.tar.gz |
2011-02-25 Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
* inferior.c (detach_inferior_command): Use get_number_or_range.
(kill_inferior_command): Ditto.
(remove_inferior_command): Ditto.
(initialize_inferiors): Make command names plural.
Update help strings.
2011-02-25 Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Inferiors and Programs): Update commands to show
that they can accept multiple arguments.
2011-02-25 Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
* gdb.multi/base.exp: Add test for remove-inferiors.
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2 files changed, 27 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 59cf1e46abb..e84de14a11d 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2011-02-25 Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Inferiors and Programs): Update commands to show + that they can accept multiple arguments. + 2011-02-24 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> Revert the following patch (code patch was not approved): diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index c727dc89eff..fc704efa957 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -2465,7 +2465,7 @@ You can get multiple executables into a debugging session via the systems @value{GDBN} can add inferiors to the debug session automatically by following calls to @code{fork} and @code{exec}. To remove inferiors from the debugging session use the -@w{@code{remove-inferior}} command. +@w{@code{remove-inferiors}} command. @table @code @kindex add-inferior @@ -2498,37 +2498,37 @@ Added inferior 2. You can now simply switch focus to inferior 2 and run it. -@kindex remove-inferior -@item remove-inferior @var{infno} -Removes the inferior @var{infno}. It is not possible to remove an -inferior that is running with this command. For those, use the -@code{kill} or @code{detach} command first. +@kindex remove-inferiors +@item remove-inferiors @var{infno}@dots{} +Removes the inferior or inferiors @var{infno}@dots{}. It is not +possible to remove an inferior that is running with this command. For +those, use the @code{kill} or @code{detach} command first. @end table To quit debugging one of the running inferiors that is not the current inferior, you can either detach from it by using the @w{@code{detach inferior}} command (allowing it to run independently), or kill it -using the @w{@code{kill inferior}} command: +using the @w{@code{kill inferiors}} command: @table @code -@kindex detach inferior @var{infno} -@item detach inferior @var{infno} -Detach from the inferior identified by @value{GDBN} inferior number -@var{infno}. Note that the inferior's entry still stays on the list -of inferiors shown by @code{info inferiors}, but its Description will -show @samp{<null>}. +@kindex detach inferiors @var{infno}@dots{} +@item detach inferior @var{infno}@dots{} +Detach from the inferior or inferiors identified by @value{GDBN} +inferior number(s) @var{infno}@dots. Note that the inferior's entry +still stays on the list of inferiors shown by @code{info inferiors}, +but its Description will show @samp{<null>}. -@kindex kill inferior @var{infno} -@item kill inferior @var{infno} -Kill the inferior identified by @value{GDBN} inferior number -@var{infno}. Note that the inferior's entry still stays on the list -of inferiors shown by @code{info inferiors}, but its Description will -show @samp{<null>}. +@kindex kill inferiors @var{infno}@dots{} +@item kill inferiors @var{infno}@dots{} +Kill the inferior or inferiors identified by @value{GDBN} inferior +number(s) @var{infno}@dots{}. Note that the inferior's entry still +stays on the list of inferiors shown by @code{info inferiors}, but its +Description will show @samp{<null>}. @end table After the successful completion of a command such as @code{detach}, -@code{detach inferior}, @code{kill} or @code{kill inferior}, or after +@code{detach inferiors}, @code{kill} or @code{kill inferiors}, or after a normal process exit, the inferior is still valid and listed with @code{info inferiors}, ready to be restarted. @@ -2986,8 +2986,8 @@ to another by using the @code{inferior} command (@pxref{Inferiors and Programs, ,Debugging Multiple Inferiors and Programs}). To quit debugging one of the forked processes, you can either detach -from it by using the @w{@code{detach inferior}} command (allowing it -to run independently), or kill it using the @w{@code{kill inferior}} +from it by using the @w{@code{detach inferiors}} command (allowing it +to run independently), or kill it using the @w{@code{kill inferiors}} command. @xref{Inferiors and Programs, ,Debugging Multiple Inferiors and Programs}. |