Re: using gdb to do embedded unit/regression testing

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>]

On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 12:10:51PM -0700, EBo wrote:
> The current issue at hand is that `print "STRING"` only works if the program
> is running AND gdb can interface with malloc.  On the embedded project which I
> am currently testing this idea out, malloc is not available and the print
> command returns an error.  What I was trying to do is simply write some
> diagnostic comments to help orient myself when reading the output from gdb
> which was piped to a file.  If there is some other way to write diagnostic
> strings to stdout other than `print "STRING"` which does not require some call
> to malloc?  If so please let me know.  I have not seen anything like this in
> the documentation yet.

Try the "echo" and "printf" commands instead.  These give you much
more control over output.

Also, "print" may not call malloc if you use a current snapshot of the
GDB development sources.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery