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Re: [PATCH] specify arguments to debugee from commandline (second try)


On Apr  6, 2001, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> wrote:

> However the problem with `gdb foo -- arg1 arg2 arg3' is that it
> inserts the `--' between the command and the arguments.

In the case of a wrapper script, which would probably be the most
common use of this feature, the command will be in $0, and the
argument list in $@.  So, to debug cc1, you'd probably do:

mv cc1 cc1.bin
echo 'exec ${DEBUGGER-gdb} "$0".bin -- ${1+"$@"}' > cc1
chmod +x cc1

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