Re: Getting the gdb commands to work in the .gdbinit file

[Andreas Zeller]

Hi!

"Conover, John" <address@hidden> writes:

> If I enter the commands in the at the command prompt everything is
> fine. But trying to put them into either .gdbinit or a command
> button will not work.
> 
> set gnutarget coff-go32
> set confirm on
> cd /home
> dir /home/build/gatorMgr
> set remotebaud 57600
> add-symbol-file /home/build/atmBase/ATM 0x7c0020
> target remote /dev/ttyS0
> 
>       When I run the commands in the .gdbinit file I get:
> .gdbinit:3: Error in sourced command file:
> "on" or "off" expected.

I'm not sure why this might work, but try deleting the `set confirm
on' line from your commands and let me know if this helps.  (DDD has
some special handling regarding `confirm' settings.)

Andreas

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