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[DOC] shell startup files, clarifications and fixes. 

When Bash is started non-interactively, it runs the script pointed by
the BASH_ENV environment variable, not .bashrc.  While at it, mention
Z shell in the warning too, and mention non-interactive mode
explicitly.

gdb/doc/
2013-11-06  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Starting) <set/show startup-with-shell>: Mention
	non-interactive mode.
	(Environment) <shell startup files warning>: Mention
	non-interactive mode.  Mention .zshenv for Z shell, and talk about
	BASH_ENV instead of .bashrc for BASH.
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2013-11-06 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Starting) <set/show startup-with-shell>: Mention
non-interactive mode.
(Environment) <shell startup files warning>: Mention
non-interactive mode. Mention .zshenv for Z shell, and talk about
BASH_ENV instead of .bashrc for BASH.
2013-10-29 Nicolas Blanc <nicolas.blanc@intel.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Commands to Specify Files): Add description

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@ -2139,9 +2139,10 @@ During startup program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
@noindent
which indicates the shell or the wrapper specified with
@samp{exec-wrapper} crashed, not your program. Most often, this is
caused by something odd in your shell's initialization file---such as
@file{.cshrc} for C-shell, $@file{.zshenv} for the Z shell, or the
file specified in the @samp{BASH_ENV} environment variable for BASH.
caused by something odd in your shell's non-interactive mode
initialization file---such as @file{.cshrc} for C-shell,
$@file{.zshenv} for the Z shell, or the file specified in the
@samp{BASH_ENV} environment variable for BASH.
@kindex set disable-randomization
@item set disable-randomization
@ -2305,14 +2306,15 @@ rather than assigning it an empty value.
@end table
@emph{Warning:} On Unix systems, @value{GDBN} runs your program using
the shell indicated
by your @code{SHELL} environment variable if it exists (or
@code{/bin/sh} if not). If your @code{SHELL} variable names a shell
that runs an initialization file---such as @file{.cshrc} for C-shell, or
@file{.bashrc} for BASH---any variables you set in that file affect
your program. You may wish to move setting of environment variables to
files that are only run when you sign on, such as @file{.login} or
@file{.profile}.
the shell indicated by your @code{SHELL} environment variable if it
exists (or @code{/bin/sh} if not). If your @code{SHELL} variable
names a shell that runs an initialization file when started
non-interactively---such as @file{.cshrc} for C-shell, $@file{.zshenv}
for the Z shell, or the file specified in the @samp{BASH_ENV}
environment variable for BASH---any variables you set in that file
affect your program. You may wish to move setting of environment
variables to files that are only run when you sign on, such as
@file{.login} or @file{.profile}.
@node Working Directory
@section Your Program's Working Directory