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GDBINIT(5)                GNU Development Tools               GDBINIT(5)

NAME         top

       gdbinit - GDB initialization scripts

SYNOPSIS         top

       ~/.config/gdb/gdbinit

       ~/.gdbinit

       ./.gdbinit

DESCRIPTION         top

       These files contain GDB commands to automatically execute during
       GDB startup.  The lines of contents are canned sequences of
       commands, described in the GDB manual in node "Sequences" --
       shell command "info -f gdb -n Sequences".

       Please read more in the GDB manual in node "Startup" -- shell
       command "info -f gdb -n Startup".

       (not enabled with "--with-system-gdbinit" during compilation)
           System-wide initialization file.  It is executed unless user
           specified GDB option "-nx" or "-n".  See more in the GDB
           manual in node "System-wide configuration" -- shell command
           "info -f gdb -n 'System-wide configuration'".

       (not enabled with "--with-system-gdbinit-dir" during compilation)
           System-wide initialization directory.  All files in this
           directory are executed on startup unless user specified GDB
           option "-nx" or "-n", as long as they have a recognized file
           extension.  See more in the GDB manual in node "System-wide
           configuration" -- shell command "info -f gdb -n 'System-wide
           configuration'".

       ~/.config/gdb/gdbinit or ~/.gdbinit
           User initialization file.  It is executed unless user
           specified GDB options "-nx", "-n" or "-nh".

       .gdbinit
           Initialization file for current directory.  It may need to be
           enabled with GDB security command "set auto-load
           local-gdbinit".  See more in the GDB manual in node "Init
           File in the Current Directory" -- shell command "info -f gdb
           -n 'Init File in the Current Directory'".

OPTIONS         top


SEE ALSO         top

       gdb(1), "info -f gdb -n Startup"

       The full documentation for GDB is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the "info" and "gdb" programs and GDB's Texinfo documentation
       are properly installed at your site, the command

               info gdb

       should give you access to the complete manual.

       Using GDB: A Guide to the GNU Source-Level Debugger, Richard M.
       Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991.

COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright (c) 1988-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
       document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
       Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software
       Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being "Free Software" and
       "Free Software Needs Free Documentation", with the Front-Cover
       Texts being "A GNU Manual," and with the Back-Cover Texts as in
       (a) below.

       (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You are free to copy and
       modify this GNU Manual.  Buying copies from GNU Press supports
       the FSF in developing GNU and promoting software freedom."

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gdb-14.1                       2023-12-03                     GDBINIT(5)