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Re: [RFC] multi-process gdb (forks, checkpoints)
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 06:41:06 +0200
- Subject: Re: [RFC] multi-process gdb (forks, checkpoints)
- References: <438B8B6F.6010706@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:57:51 -0800
> From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
>
> This is, no kidding, gdb debugging multiple processes.
Wow! Thanks!
> Eli, I'll be working on documentation. For the mean time,
> the user interface looks like this:
>
> set/show detach-on-fork (on/off) [default on]
> info forks
> fork <n> [analogous to thread <n>]
> detach-fork <n>
> delete-fork <n> [and kill]
I'd prefer that we use ``process'' instead of ``fork'' here. That is,
info processes
process <n> [assuming n is a PID]
detach-process <n>
delete-process <n>