hi folks, I hope I am ther first who reports this error :) There is small bug in the info file for gdb. The info file version is: This file describes GDB, the GNU symbolic debugger. This is the Seventh Edition, February 1999, for GDB Version 19991116. Copyright (C) 1988-1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. The bug is in: File: gdb.info, Node: Range Checking, Prev: Type Checking, Up: Checks An overview of range checking ----------------------------- `show range' Show the current setting of the range checker, and whether or not it is being set automatically by GDB. The description of "show range" should be: "show check range" CU Matthias Matthias Nutt [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FORWISS-Knowledge Processing Group Phone: +49-9131-691-186 Am Weichselgarten 7 FAX: +49-9131-691-185 D-91058 Erlangen-Tennenlohe http://www.forwiss.uni-erlangen.de/~msnutt ----------------------------------------------------------------------