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Re: how to call gdb_test "" ... ?
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec at shout dot net>
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 18:16:23 -0500
- Subject: Re: how to call gdb_test "" ... ?
- References: <200202182237.g1IMbH122114@duracef.shout.net>
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 04:37:17PM -0600, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> I am reworking gdb.base/list.exp and in the process I'm converting a lot
> of send_gdb calls to gdb_test. (If you want to know why I'm reworking it,
> I'm getting rid of the "testcnt" mechanism, which list.exp uses instead
> of just issuing a PASS when a test succeeds).
>
> In one place I want to do this:
>
> gdb_test "list list0.c:10" "..."
> gdb_test "" "..."
> gdb_test "" "..."
> gdb_test "" "..."
>
> That is to say, I want to send a "list" command, and then send some
> empty commands and look at the results as usual.
>
> gdb_test does not work with an argument of "".
>
> Is there an easy way to do this, or should I just stick with send_gdb "\n"?
> The test script already calls send_gdb "\n" and I don't mind keeping it
> that way. I'm just wondering if someone knows a better idiom.
Does gdb_test work with "\n"? I think it will. In fact, it appears to
in casual testing.
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Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer