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Re: [RFA] Add new cmd line parameter "--pid" for attach.
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at is dot elta dot co dot il>
- To: Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:19:29 +0200 (IST)
- Subject: Re: [RFA] Add new cmd line parameter "--pid" for attach.
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Michael Snyder wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 13:07:42 -0800
> > > From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
> > >
> > > + @item -pid @ver{number}
> > > + @itemx -p @var{number}
> > > + @cindex @code{--pid}
> > > + @cindex @code{-p}
> > > + Use @var{number} as a process ID to attach to.
> > > +
> > > + @item -p @var{number}
> > > + Connect to process ID @var{number}, as with the @code{attach} command.
> > > + If there is no such process, @value{GDBN} will attempt to open a core
> > > + file named @var{number}.
> >
> > This seems to describe the new option twice. You probably meant to
> > merge the two description parts, and eliminate the second "@item -p".
>
> Actually, I just copied what was there already for the --core option.
I'm not sure what you mean. I looked in gdb.texinfo, and all I see for
"--core" there is this:
@item -core @var{file}
@itemx -c @var{file}
@cindex @code{--core}
@cindex @code{-c}
Use file @var{file} as a core dump to examine.
This doesn't describe --core twice, and doesn't use @item -c twice.