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  65. <h3 class="section">2.1 Invoking <small>GDB</small></h3>
  66. <p>Invoke <small>GDB</small> by running the program <code>gdb</code>. Once started,
  67. <small>GDB</small> reads commands from the terminal until you tell it to exit.
  68. </p>
  69. <p>You can also run <code>gdb</code> with a variety of arguments and options,
  70. to specify more of your debugging environment at the outset.
  71. </p>
  72. <p>The command-line options described here are designed
  73. to cover a variety of situations; in some environments, some of these
  74. options may effectively be unavailable.
  75. </p>
  76. <p>The most usual way to start <small>GDB</small> is with one argument,
  77. specifying an executable program:
  78. </p>
  79. <div class="smallexample">
  80. <pre class="smallexample">gdb <var>program</var>
  81. </pre></div>
  82. <p>You can also start with both an executable program and a core file
  83. specified:
  84. </p>
  85. <div class="smallexample">
  86. <pre class="smallexample">gdb <var>program</var> <var>core</var>
  87. </pre></div>
  88. <p>You can, instead, specify a process ID as a second argument or use option
  89. <code>-p</code>, if you want to debug a running process:
  90. </p>
  91. <div class="smallexample">
  92. <pre class="smallexample">gdb <var>program</var> 1234
  93. gdb -p 1234
  94. </pre></div>
  95. <p>would attach <small>GDB</small> to process <code>1234</code>. With option <samp>-p</samp> you
  96. can omit the <var>program</var> filename.
  97. </p>
  98. <p>Taking advantage of the second command-line argument requires a fairly
  99. complete operating system; when you use <small>GDB</small> as a remote
  100. debugger attached to a bare board, there may not be any notion of
  101. &ldquo;process&rdquo;, and there is often no way to get a core dump. <small>GDB</small>
  102. will warn you if it is unable to attach or to read core dumps.
  103. </p>
  104. <p>You can optionally have <code>gdb</code> pass any arguments after the
  105. executable file to the inferior using <code>--args</code>. This option stops
  106. option processing.
  107. </p><div class="smallexample">
  108. <pre class="smallexample">gdb --args gcc -O2 -c foo.c
  109. </pre></div>
  110. <p>This will cause <code>gdb</code> to debug <code>gcc</code>, and to set
  111. <code>gcc</code>&rsquo;s command-line arguments (see <a href="Arguments.html#Arguments">Arguments</a>) to &lsquo;<samp>-O2 -c foo.c</samp>&rsquo;.
  112. </p>
  113. <p>You can run <code>gdb</code> without printing the front material, which describes
  114. <small>GDB</small>&rsquo;s non-warranty, by specifying <code>--silent</code>
  115. (or <code>-q</code>/<code>--quiet</code>):
  116. </p>
  117. <div class="smallexample">
  118. <pre class="smallexample">gdb --silent
  119. </pre></div>
  120. <p>You can further control how <small>GDB</small> starts up by using command-line
  121. options. <small>GDB</small> itself can remind you of the options available.
  122. </p>
  123. <p>Type
  124. </p>
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  126. <pre class="smallexample">gdb -help
  127. </pre></div>
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  129. (&lsquo;<samp>gdb -h</samp>&rsquo; is a shorter equivalent).
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