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[RFA 3/3] NEWS and documentation for new info sources [-d | -b] [--] [REGEXP] args
- From: Philippe Waroquiers <philippe dot waroquiers at skynet dot be>
- To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Cc: Philippe Waroquiers <philippe dot waroquiers at skynet dot be>
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 21:08:03 +0200
- Subject: [RFA 3/3] NEWS and documentation for new info sources [-d | -b] [--] [REGEXP] args
- References: <20190331190803.7248-1-philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-03-31 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* NEWS: Mention changes to info sources.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2019-03-31 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* gdb.texinfo (info sources): Document new args.
---
gdb/NEWS | 8 ++++++++
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 9 +++++++++
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 4bfa15becf..04b2b45909 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
* Support for Pointer Authentication on AArch64 Linux.
+* Changed commands
+
+info sources [-d | -b] [--] [REGEXP]
+ This command has now optional arguments to only print the files
+ whose names match REGEXP. The arguments -d and -b allow to
+ restrict matching respectively to the dirname and basename
+ parts of the files.
+
*** Changes in GDB 8.3
* GDB and GDBserver now support access to additional registers on
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index bb958cf25d..66068816cd 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -17985,6 +17985,15 @@ Print the names of all source files in your program for which there is
debugging information, organized into two lists: files whose symbols
have already been read, and files whose symbols will be read when needed.
+@item info sources [-d | -b] [--] [@var{regexp}]
+Like @samp{info sources}, but only print the names of the files
+matching the provided regexp.
+By default, the regexp is used to match anywhere in the filename.
+If -d, only files having a dirname matching regexp are shown.
+If -b, only files having a basename matching regexp are shown.
+The matching is case-sensitive, except on operating systems that
+have case-insensitive filesystem (e.g., MS-Windows).
+
@kindex info functions
@item info functions [-q]
Print the names and data types of all defined functions.
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