diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index bc6114266a..49aefa3f61 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2013-04-05 Jan Kratochvil + + * gdb.texinfo (gdb man): Mention option -p. Include Fortran to + the list of supported languages. + 2013-04-05 Jan Kratochvil Convert man pages to texinfo, new gdbinit.5 texinfo page. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 2f9c68ac93..08c708b4eb 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -41623,8 +41623,9 @@ gdb [@option{-help}] [@option{-nh}] [@option{-nx}] [@option{-q}] [@option{-b}@w{ }@var{bps}] [@option{-tty=}@var{dev}] [@option{-s} @var{symfile}] [@option{-e}@w{ }@var{prog}] [@option{-se}@w{ }@var{prog}] -[@option{-c}@w{ }@var{core}] [@option{-x}@w{ }@var{cmds}] - [@option{-d}@w{ }@var{dir}] [@var{prog}|@var{core}|@var{procID}] +[@option{-c}@w{ }@var{core}] [@option{-p}@w{ }@var{procID}] + [@option{-x}@w{ }@var{cmds}] [@option{-d}@w{ }@var{dir}] +[@var{prog}|@var{prog} @var{procID}|@var{prog} @var{core}] @c man end @c man begin DESCRIPTION gdb @@ -41650,8 +41651,8 @@ Change things in your program, so you can experiment with correcting the effects of one bug and go on to learn about another. @end itemize -You can use @value{GDBN} to debug programs written in C, C@t{++}, and Modula-2. -Fortran support will be added when a GNU Fortran compiler is ready. +You can use @value{GDBN} to debug programs written in C, C@t{++}, Fortran and +Modula-2. @value{GDBN} is invoked with the shell command @code{gdb}. Once started, it reads commands from the terminal until you tell it to exit with the @value{GDBN} @@ -41677,11 +41678,13 @@ to debug a running process: @smallexample gdb program 1234 +gdb -p 1234 @end smallexample @noindent would attach @value{GDBN} to process @code{1234} (unless you also have a file named @file{1234}; @value{GDBN} does check for a core file first). +With option @option{-p} you can omit the @var{program} filename. Here are some of the most frequently needed @value{GDBN} commands: