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GDBINIT(5)                                      GNU Development Tools                                      GDBINIT(5)



NAME
       gdbinit - GDB initialization scripts

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/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".

       /etc/gdbinit
           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'".

       ~/.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
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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