Ted Alves wrote: > RE: Documentation: Debugging with GDB (6.7.5.0) > > Hi, > how's it goin'? I'm trying to make a GDB init file work in windows... > > > In section 2.1.3, regarding .gdbinit, it says that in Windows we should > use the "standard name" which is ".gdbinit" (not gdb.ini -- which gdb > actively rejects. Nor gdb.init, nor gdbinit) > > However, Windows (XP) doesn't allow any file named ".anything" and will > not accept ".gdbinit" as a valid file. >
Not really Windows that has the limitation. It's Windows Explorer. > Help. Maybe a bug. Maybe something simple. Hair is going. Could you pls. > advise? > Try doing this in a Windows console (cmd.exe) as a workaround: cd %PATH_TO_GDBINI_FILE% move mygdbini_file_I_can_create_in_explorer.ini .gdbinit Cheers, Pedro Alves _______________________________________________ bug-gdb mailing list bug-gdb@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gdb
