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The system wide and current directory initialization files +are still loaded. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-quiet</code></dt> +<dt><code>-silent</code></dt> +<dt><code>-q</code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dquiet"></a> +<a name="index-_002d_002dsilent"></a> +<a name="index-_002dq"></a> +<p>“Quiet”. Do not print the introductory and copyright messages. These +messages are also suppressed in batch mode. +</p> +<a name="index-set-startup_002dquietly"></a> +<a name="index-show-startup_002dquietly"></a> +<p>This can also be enabled using <code>set startup-quietly on</code>. The +default is <code>off</code>. Use <code>show startup-quietly</code> to see the +current setting. Place <code>set startup-quietly on</code> into your early +initialization file (see <a href="Initialization-Files.html#Initialization-Files">Initialization +Files</a>) to have future <small>GDB</small> sessions startup quietly. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-batch</code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dbatch"></a> +<p>Run in batch mode. Exit with status <code>0</code> after processing all the +command files specified with ‘<samp>-x</samp>’ (and all commands from +initialization files, if not inhibited with ‘<samp>-n</samp>’). Exit with +nonzero status if an error occurs in executing the <small>GDB</small> commands +in the command files. Batch mode also disables pagination, sets unlimited +terminal width and height see <a href="Screen-Size.html#Screen-Size">Screen Size</a>, and acts as if <kbd>set confirm +off</kbd> were in effect (see <a href="Messages_002fWarnings.html#Messages_002fWarnings">Messages/Warnings</a>). +</p> +<p>Batch mode may be useful for running <small>GDB</small> as a filter, for +example to download and run a program on another computer; in order to +make this more useful, the message +</p> +<div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample">Program exited normally. +</pre></div> + +<p>(which is ordinarily issued whenever a program running under +<small>GDB</small> control terminates) is not issued when running in batch +mode. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-batch-silent</code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dbatch_002dsilent"></a> +<p>Run in batch mode exactly like ‘<samp>-batch</samp>’, but totally silently. All +<small>GDB</small> output to <code>stdout</code> is prevented (<code>stderr</code> is +unaffected). This is much quieter than ‘<samp>-silent</samp>’ and would be useless +for an interactive session. +</p> +<p>This is particularly useful when using targets that give ‘<samp>Loading section</samp>’ +messages, for example. +</p> +<p>Note that targets that give their output via <small>GDB</small>, as opposed to +writing directly to <code>stdout</code>, will also be made silent. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-return-child-result</code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dreturn_002dchild_002dresult"></a> +<p>The return code from <small>GDB</small> will be the return code from the child +process (the process being debugged), with the following exceptions: +</p> +<ul> +<li> <small>GDB</small> exits abnormally. E.g., due to an incorrect argument or an +internal error. In this case the exit code is the same as it would have been +without ‘<samp>-return-child-result</samp>’. +</li><li> The user quits with an explicit value. E.g., ‘<samp>quit 1</samp>’. +</li><li> The child process never runs, or is not allowed to terminate, in which case +the exit code will be -1. +</li></ul> + +<p>This option is useful in conjunction with ‘<samp>-batch</samp>’ or ‘<samp>-batch-silent</samp>’, +when <small>GDB</small> is being used as a remote program loader or simulator +interface. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-nowindows</code></dt> +<dt><code>-nw</code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dnowindows"></a> +<a name="index-_002dnw"></a> +<p>“No windows”. If <small>GDB</small> comes with a graphical user interface +(GUI) built in, then this option tells <small>GDB</small> to only use the command-line +interface. If no GUI is available, this option has no effect. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-windows</code></dt> +<dt><code>-w</code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dwindows"></a> +<a name="index-_002dw"></a> +<p>If <small>GDB</small> includes a GUI, then this option requires it to be +used if possible. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-cd <var>directory</var></code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dcd"></a> +<p>Run <small>GDB</small> using <var>directory</var> as its working directory, +instead of the current directory. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-data-directory <var>directory</var></code></dt> +<dt><code>-D <var>directory</var></code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002ddata_002ddirectory"></a> +<a name="index-_002dD"></a> +<p>Run <small>GDB</small> using <var>directory</var> as its data directory. +The data directory is where <small>GDB</small> searches for its +auxiliary files. See <a href="Data-Files.html#Data-Files">Data Files</a>. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-fullname</code></dt> +<dt><code>-f</code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dfullname"></a> +<a name="index-_002df"></a> +<p><small>GNU</small> Emacs sets this option when it runs <small>GDB</small> as a +subprocess. It tells <small>GDB</small> to output the full file name and line +number in a standard, recognizable fashion each time a stack frame is +displayed (which includes each time your program stops). This +recognizable format looks like two ‘<samp>\032</samp>’ characters, followed by +the file name, line number and character position separated by colons, +and a newline. The Emacs-to-<small>GDB</small> interface program uses the two +‘<samp>\032</samp>’ characters as a signal to display the source code for the +frame. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-annotate <var>level</var></code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dannotate"></a> +<p>This option sets the <em>annotation level</em> inside <small>GDB</small>. Its +effect is identical to using ‘<samp>set annotate <var>level</var></samp>’ +(see <a href="Annotations.html#Annotations">Annotations</a>). The annotation <var>level</var> controls how much +information <small>GDB</small> prints together with its prompt, values of +expressions, source lines, and other types of output. Level 0 is the +normal, level 1 is for use when <small>GDB</small> is run as a subprocess of +<small>GNU</small> Emacs, level 3 is the maximum annotation suitable for programs +that control <small>GDB</small>, and level 2 has been deprecated. +</p> +<p>The annotation mechanism has largely been superseded by <small>GDB/MI</small> +(see <a href="GDB_002fMI.html#GDB_002fMI">GDB/MI</a>). +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>--args</code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dargs"></a> +<p>Change interpretation of command line so that arguments following the +executable file are passed as command line arguments to the inferior. +This option stops option processing. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-baud <var>bps</var></code></dt> +<dt><code>-b <var>bps</var></code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dbaud"></a> +<a name="index-_002db"></a> +<p>Set the line speed (baud rate or bits per second) of any serial +interface used by <small>GDB</small> for remote debugging. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-l <var>timeout</var></code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002dl"></a> +<p>Set the timeout (in seconds) of any communication used by <small>GDB</small> +for remote debugging. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-tty <var>device</var></code></dt> +<dt><code>-t <var>device</var></code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dtty"></a> +<a name="index-_002dt"></a> +<p>Run using <var>device</var> for your program’s standard input and output. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-tui</code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dtui"></a> +<p>Activate the <em>Text User Interface</em> when starting. The Text User +Interface manages several text windows on the terminal, showing +source, assembly, registers and <small>GDB</small> command outputs +(see <a href="TUI.html#TUI"><small>GDB</small> Text User Interface</a>). Do not use this +option if you run <small>GDB</small> from Emacs (see <a href="Emacs.html#Emacs">Using <small>GDB</small> under <small>GNU</small> Emacs</a>). +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-interpreter <var>interp</var></code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dinterpreter"></a> +<p>Use the interpreter <var>interp</var> for interface with the controlling +program or device. This option is meant to be set by programs which +communicate with <small>GDB</small> using it as a back end. +See <a href="Interpreters.html#Interpreters">Command Interpreters</a>. +</p> +<p>‘<samp>--interpreter=mi</samp>’ (or ‘<samp>--interpreter=mi3</samp>’) causes +<small>GDB</small> to use the <em><small>GDB/MI</small> interface</em> version 3 (see <a href="GDB_002fMI.html#GDB_002fMI">The <small>GDB/MI</small> Interface</a>) included since <small>GDB</small> version 9.1. <small>GDB/MI</small> +version 2 (<code>mi2</code>), included in <small>GDB</small> 6.0 and version 1 (<code>mi1</code>), +included in <small>GDB</small> 5.3, are also available. Earlier <small>GDB/MI</small> +interfaces are no longer supported. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-write</code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dwrite"></a> +<p>Open the executable and core files for both reading and writing. This +is equivalent to the ‘<samp>set write on</samp>’ command inside <small>GDB</small> +(see <a href="Patching.html#Patching">Patching</a>). +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-statistics</code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dstatistics"></a> +<p>This option causes <small>GDB</small> to print statistics about time and +memory usage after it completes each command and returns to the prompt. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-version</code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dversion"></a> +<p>This option causes <small>GDB</small> to print its version number and +no-warranty blurb, and exit. +</p> +</dd> +<dt><code>-configuration</code></dt> +<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dconfiguration"></a> +<p>This option causes <small>GDB</small> to print details about its build-time +configuration parameters, and then exit. These details can be +important when reporting <small>GDB</small> bugs (see <a href="GDB-Bugs.html#GDB-Bugs">GDB Bugs</a>). +</p> +</dd> +</dl> + +<hr> +<div class="header"> +<p> +Next: <a href="Startup.html#Startup" accesskey="n" rel="next">Startup</a>, Previous: <a href="File-Options.html#File-Options" accesskey="p" rel="previous">File Options</a>, Up: <a href="Invoking-GDB.html#Invoking-GDB" accesskey="u" rel="up">Invoking GDB</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> +</div> + + + +</body> +</html> |