From d167840fc5eab771ef033cea332ef1440ad6ad42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elena Zannoni Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 16:12:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2000-04-17 Elena Zannoni * gdb.texinfo (Files): Update description of add-symbol-file command. --- gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 13 +++++-------- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index ae7a358..dfc7138 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2000-04-17 Elena Zannoni + + * gdb.texinfo (Files): Update description of add-symbol-file + command. + 2000-04-17 Eli Zaretskii * gdb.texinfo (Porting GDB): Don't use @value in the node name, it diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 3c28d69..d909466 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -8012,19 +8012,16 @@ the program is running. To do this, use the @code{kill} command @cindex dynamic linking @item add-symbol-file @var{filename} @var{address} @itemx add-symbol-file @var{filename} @var{address} @r{[} -readnow @r{]} @r{[} -mapped @r{]} -@itemx add-symbol-file @var{filename} @var{address} @var{data_address} @var{bss_address} -@itemx add-symbol-file @var{filename} @r{-T}@var{section} @var{address} +@itemx add-symbol-file @var{filename} @r{-s}@var{section} @var{address} The @code{add-symbol-file} command reads additional symbol table information from the file @var{filename}. You would use this command when @var{filename} has been dynamically loaded (by some other means) into the program that is running. @var{address} should be the memory address at which the file has been loaded; @value{GDBN} cannot figure -this out for itself. You can specify up to three addresses, in which -case they are taken to be the addresses of the text, data, and bss -segments respectively. For complicated cases, you can specify an -arbitrary number of @samp{@r{-T}@var{section} @var{address}} pairs, to -give an explicit section name and base address for that section. You -can specify any @var{address} as an expression. +this out for itself. You can additionally specify an arbitrary number +of @samp{@r{-s}@var{section} @var{address}} pairs, to give an explicit +section name and base address for that section. You can specify any +@var{address} as an expression. The symbol table of the file @var{filename} is added to the symbol table originally read with the @code{symbol-file} command. You can use the -- 2.7.4