gdb/

2012-08-06  Nathaniel Flath  <flat0103@gmail.com>
	* NEWS: New entry for 'cd' default parameters.
	* cli/cli-cmds.c (cd_command): Replace error_no_arg by DIR assignment.

gdb/doc/
2012-08-06  Nathaniel Flath  <flat0103@gmail.com>
	* gdb.texinfo (Working Directory): Added information about new
	default argument for 'cd' command.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 336ab5e..0988610 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-08-06  Nathaniel Flath  <flat0103@gmail.com>
+
+       * NEWS: New entry for 'cd' default parameters.
+       * cli/cli-cmds.c (cd_command): Replace error_no_arg by DIR assignment.
+
 2012-08-03  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
        * dwarf2-frame.c (dwarf2_frame_cache): Call do_cleanups before

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index a590bee..06df79e 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 7.5
 
+* The 'cd' command now defaults to using '~' (the home directory) if not
+  given an argument.
+
 * New configure options
 
 --enable-libmcheck/--disable-libmcheck

diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c b/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c
index f2328e8..d9849ca 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c
+++ b/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ cd_command (char *dir, int from_tty)
   dont_repeat ();
 
   if (dir == 0)
-    error_no_arg (_("new working directory"));
+    dir = "~";
 
   dir = tilde_expand (dir);
   make_cleanup (xfree, dir);

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 91d273f..ef48356 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-08-06  Nathaniel Flath  <flat0103@gmail.com>
+
+       * gdb.texinfo (Working Directory): Added information about new
+       default argument for 'cd' command.
+
 2012-08-06  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>
 
        * gdb.texinfo (Remote Configuration): Add kindex for 'set

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 9f9fe40..d5e6585 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -2267,8 +2267,9 @@ Specify Files}.
 @table @code
 @kindex cd
 @cindex change working directory
-@item cd @var{directory}
-Set the @value{GDBN} working directory to @var{directory}.
+@item cd @r{[}@var{directory}@r{]}
+Set the @value{GDBN} working directory to @var{directory}.  If not
+given, @var{directory} uses @file{'~'}.
 
 @kindex pwd
 @item pwd