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Re: Machine interface
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 11:05:36AM -0500, Bob Rossi wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 04:00:57PM +0000, Greg Law wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to find some info on GDB/MI. I've read the info pages. They
> > seem to be half finished, and specifically don't talk about one actually
> > interfaces with gdb/mi. ie. it doesn't seem to be via stdin of the gdb
> > processes (typing -break-point at it causes "unknown command" errors.
> > Do I need to open a socket to it or some such? Or do I just have the MI
> > syntax wrong?
>
> If you start GDB on the command line, you can use GDB the same way you
> use the CLI, of course with different syntax.
>
> The documentation for setting breakpoints in MI mode is here,
> http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb_25.html#SEC250
>
> in particular, try, '-break-insert main'
More specifically, Greg, I think you're missing the "-i=mi" option.
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