GDBINIT(5)

NAME
gdbinit - GDB initialization scripts

SYNOPSIS
~/.config/gdb/gdbinit

~/.gdbinit

./.gdbinit

DESCRIPTION
These files contain GDB commands to automatically execute during GDB startup. The lines of contents are canned sequences of commands, described in the GDB manual in node "Sequences" -- shell command "info -f gdb -n Sequences".

Please read more in the GDB manual in node "Startup" -- shell command "info -f gdb -n Startup".

(not enabled with "--with-system-gdbinit" during compilation)
    System-wide initialization file. It is executed unless user specified GDB option "-nx" or "-n". See more in the GDB manual in node "System-wide configuration" -- shell command "info -f gdb -n 'System-wide configuration'".

(not enabled with "--with-system-gdbinit-dir" during compilation)
    System-wide initialization directory. All files in this directory are executed on startup unless user specified GDB option "-nx" or "-n", as long as they have a recognized file extension. See more in the GDB manual in node "System-wide configuration" -- shell command "info -f gdb -n 'System-wide configuration'".

~/.config/gdb/gdbinit or ~/.gdbinit
    User initialization file. It is executed unless user specified GDB options "-nx", "-n" or "-nh".

.gdbinit
    Initialization file for current directory. It may need to be enabled with GDB security command "set auto-load local-gdbinit". See more in the GDB manual in node "Init File in the Current Directory" -- shell command "info -f gdb -n 'Init File in the Current Directory'".

OPTIONS

ENVIRONMENT

SEE ALSO
gdb(1), "info -f gdb -n Startup"

The full documentation for GDB is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the "info" and "gdb" programs and GDB's Texinfo documentation are properly installed at your site, the command

        info gdb

should give you access to the complete manual.

Using GDB: A Guide to the GNU Source-Level Debugger, Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991.

COPYRIGHT
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