Re: How to set a breakpoint in file, which name has spaces?

[Nikolay Molchanov <Nikolay dot Molchanov at Sun dot COM>]

Daniel,

> On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 11:21:59PM -0700, Nikolay Molchanov wrote:
>  
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > There seems to be a problem with setting a breakpoint in files,
> > which names have spaces (usually it happens on Windows, but it
> > is possible to create such files in Unix filesystems as well).
> >
> > Here is a part of a log file, that shows the problem.
> > Note that '\ ' works just great in "-file-exec-and-symbols" command,
> > but does not work in "-break-insert" command.
> >    
>
> Quoting in the MI interface is generally inconsistent.  If you care,
> you can find a somewhat more detailed summary of the problems in the
> archives a few months ago.
>  
I would be happy to take a look at the discussion.
IMHO a good solution is to use '\ ' to escape spaces. It is standard 
Unix approach.
The real '\' character should be passed as double '\' ("\\").
What is nice, it works just great in "-file-exec-and-symbols" command, 
so it seems
a pretty straight forward solution to make other commands consistent 
with this one.

>  
>
> > 221-break-insert C:/Documents\ and\
> > Settings/nikm/.netbeans/Netbeans\ Projects/Args1/src/main.c:17
> > &"mi_cmd_break_insert: Garbage following <location>\n"
> > 221^error,msg="mi_cmd_break_insert: Garbage following <location>"
> > (gdb)
> >
> > I tried to use single and double quotes, but still no luck.
> > Is it a known problem? Is there a workaround?
> >    
>
> Let's see.  For current versions of GDB, -break-insert is parsed as a
> true MI command, which means it passes through the MI quoting rules.
> That's described in the GDB manual (GDB/MI Input Syntax).  It says that
> single quotes and backslashes aren't special, only double quotes, and
> within double quotes things are treated as a C string.  Then, after
> that escaping, it is passed to the normal breakpoint code.
>
> So if you want to simulate:
>  break 'C:/Documents and Settings/foo.c':17
>  
Unfortunately this does not work:

break 'C:/Documents and Settings/nikm/.netbeans/Netbeans 
Projects/Args1/src/main.c':17
&"break 'C:/Documents and Settings/nikm/.netbeans/Netbeans 
Projects/Args1/src/main.c':17\n"
&"Function \"C:/Documents and Settings/nikm/.netbeans/Netbeans 
Projects/Args1/src/main.c\" not defined.\n"
~"Breakpoint 3 ('C:/Documents and Settings/nikm/.netbeans/Netbeans 
Projects/Args1/src/main.c':17) pending.\n"
^done
(gdb)

> You'd need
>  -break-insert "'C:/Documents and Settings/foo.c':17"
>
> This is actually more or less how things are supposed to work.
>  
And this one also does not work:

221-break-insert "'C:/Documents and Settings/nikm/.netbeans/Netbeans 
Projects/Args1/src/main.c':17"
&"Function \"C:/Documents and Settings/nikm/.netbeans/Netbeans 
Projects/Args1/src/main.c\" not defined.\n"
221^done
(gdb)