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| <h3 class="section">27.18 <span class="sc">gdb/mi</span> Target Manipulation Commands</h3> |
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| <h4 class="subheading">The <code>-target-attach</code> Command</h4> |
| |
| <p><a name="index-g_t_002dtarget_002dattach-2111"></a> |
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| <h5 class="subsubheading">Synopsis</h5> |
| |
| <pre class="smallexample"> -target-attach <var>pid</var> | <var>gid</var> | <var>file</var> |
| </pre> |
| <p>Attach to a process <var>pid</var> or a file <var>file</var> outside of |
| <span class="sc">gdb</span>, or a thread group <var>gid</var>. If attaching to a thread |
| group, the id previously returned by |
| ‘<samp><span class="samp">-list-thread-groups --available</span></samp>’ must be used. |
| |
| <h5 class="subsubheading"><span class="sc">gdb</span> Command</h5> |
| |
| <p>The corresponding <span class="sc">gdb</span> command is ‘<samp><span class="samp">attach</span></samp>’. |
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| <h5 class="subsubheading">Example</h5> |
| |
| <pre class="smallexample"> (gdb) |
| -target-attach 34 |
| =thread-created,id="1" |
| *stopped,thread-id="1",frame={addr="0xb7f7e410",func="bar",args=[]} |
| ^done |
| (gdb) |
| </pre> |
| <h4 class="subheading">The <code>-target-detach</code> Command</h4> |
| |
| <p><a name="index-g_t_002dtarget_002ddetach-2112"></a> |
| |
| <h5 class="subsubheading">Synopsis</h5> |
| |
| <pre class="smallexample"> -target-detach [ <var>pid</var> | <var>gid</var> ] |
| </pre> |
| <p>Detach from the remote target which normally resumes its execution. |
| If either <var>pid</var> or <var>gid</var> is specified, detaches from either |
| the specified process, or specified thread group. There's no output. |
| |
| <h5 class="subsubheading"><span class="sc">gdb</span> Command</h5> |
| |
| <p>The corresponding <span class="sc">gdb</span> command is ‘<samp><span class="samp">detach</span></samp>’. |
| |
| <h5 class="subsubheading">Example</h5> |
| |
| <pre class="smallexample"> (gdb) |
| -target-detach |
| ^done |
| (gdb) |
| </pre> |
| <h4 class="subheading">The <code>-target-disconnect</code> Command</h4> |
| |
| <p><a name="index-g_t_002dtarget_002ddisconnect-2113"></a> |
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| <h5 class="subsubheading">Synopsis</h5> |
| |
| <pre class="smallexample"> -target-disconnect |
| </pre> |
| <p>Disconnect from the remote target. There's no output and the target is |
| generally not resumed. |
| |
| <h5 class="subsubheading"><span class="sc">gdb</span> Command</h5> |
| |
| <p>The corresponding <span class="sc">gdb</span> command is ‘<samp><span class="samp">disconnect</span></samp>’. |
| |
| <h5 class="subsubheading">Example</h5> |
| |
| <pre class="smallexample"> (gdb) |
| -target-disconnect |
| ^done |
| (gdb) |
| </pre> |
| <h4 class="subheading">The <code>-target-download</code> Command</h4> |
| |
| <p><a name="index-g_t_002dtarget_002ddownload-2114"></a> |
| |
| <h5 class="subsubheading">Synopsis</h5> |
| |
| <pre class="smallexample"> -target-download |
| </pre> |
| <p>Loads the executable onto the remote target. |
| It prints out an update message every half second, which includes the fields: |
| |
| <dl> |
| <dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">section</span></samp>’<dd>The name of the section. |
| <br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">section-sent</span></samp>’<dd>The size of what has been sent so far for that section. |
| <br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">section-size</span></samp>’<dd>The size of the section. |
| <br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">total-sent</span></samp>’<dd>The total size of what was sent so far (the current and the previous sections). |
| <br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">total-size</span></samp>’<dd>The size of the overall executable to download. |
| </dl> |
| |
| <p class="noindent">Each message is sent as status record (see <a href="GDB_002fMI-Output-Syntax.html#GDB_002fMI-Output-Syntax"><span class="sc">gdb/mi</span> Output Syntax</a>). |
| |
| <p>In addition, it prints the name and size of the sections, as they are |
| downloaded. These messages include the following fields: |
| |
| <dl> |
| <dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">section</span></samp>’<dd>The name of the section. |
| <br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">section-size</span></samp>’<dd>The size of the section. |
| <br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">total-size</span></samp>’<dd>The size of the overall executable to download. |
| </dl> |
| |
| <p class="noindent">At the end, a summary is printed. |
| |
| <h5 class="subsubheading"><span class="sc">gdb</span> Command</h5> |
| |
| <p>The corresponding <span class="sc">gdb</span> command is ‘<samp><span class="samp">load</span></samp>’. |
| |
| <h5 class="subsubheading">Example</h5> |
| |
| <p>Note: each status message appears on a single line. Here the messages |
| have been broken down so that they can fit onto a page. |
| |
| <pre class="smallexample"> (gdb) |
| -target-download |
| +download,{section=".text",section-size="6668",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".text",section-sent="512",section-size="6668", |
| total-sent="512",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".text",section-sent="1024",section-size="6668", |
| total-sent="1024",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".text",section-sent="1536",section-size="6668", |
| total-sent="1536",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".text",section-sent="2048",section-size="6668", |
| total-sent="2048",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".text",section-sent="2560",section-size="6668", |
| total-sent="2560",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".text",section-sent="3072",section-size="6668", |
| total-sent="3072",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".text",section-sent="3584",section-size="6668", |
| total-sent="3584",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".text",section-sent="4096",section-size="6668", |
| total-sent="4096",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".text",section-sent="4608",section-size="6668", |
| total-sent="4608",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".text",section-sent="5120",section-size="6668", |
| total-sent="5120",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".text",section-sent="5632",section-size="6668", |
| total-sent="5632",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".text",section-sent="6144",section-size="6668", |
| total-sent="6144",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".text",section-sent="6656",section-size="6668", |
| total-sent="6656",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".init",section-size="28",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".fini",section-size="28",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".data",section-size="3156",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".data",section-sent="512",section-size="3156", |
| total-sent="7236",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".data",section-sent="1024",section-size="3156", |
| total-sent="7748",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".data",section-sent="1536",section-size="3156", |
| total-sent="8260",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".data",section-sent="2048",section-size="3156", |
| total-sent="8772",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".data",section-sent="2560",section-size="3156", |
| total-sent="9284",total-size="9880"} |
| +download,{section=".data",section-sent="3072",section-size="3156", |
| total-sent="9796",total-size="9880"} |
| ^done,address="0x10004",load-size="9880",transfer-rate="6586", |
| write-rate="429" |
| (gdb) |
| </pre> |
| <h5 class="subsubheading"><span class="sc">gdb</span> Command</h5> |
| |
| <p>No equivalent. |
| |
| <h5 class="subsubheading">Example</h5> |
| |
| <p>N.A. |
| |
| <h4 class="subheading">The <code>-target-select</code> Command</h4> |
| |
| <p><a name="index-g_t_002dtarget_002dselect-2115"></a> |
| |
| <h5 class="subsubheading">Synopsis</h5> |
| |
| <pre class="smallexample"> -target-select <var>type</var> <var>parameters <small class="dots">...</small></var> |
| </pre> |
| <p>Connect <span class="sc">gdb</span> to the remote target. This command takes two args: |
| |
| <dl> |
| <dt>‘<samp><var>type</var></samp>’<dd>The type of target, for instance ‘<samp><span class="samp">remote</span></samp>’, etc. |
| <br><dt>‘<samp><var>parameters</var></samp>’<dd>Device names, host names and the like. See <a href="Target-Commands.html#Target-Commands">Commands for Managing Targets</a>, for more details. |
| </dl> |
| |
| <p>The output is a connection notification, followed by the address at |
| which the target program is, in the following form: |
| |
| <pre class="smallexample"> ^connected,addr="<var>address</var>",func="<var>function name</var>", |
| args=[<var>arg list</var>] |
| </pre> |
| <h5 class="subsubheading"><span class="sc">gdb</span> Command</h5> |
| |
| <p>The corresponding <span class="sc">gdb</span> command is ‘<samp><span class="samp">target</span></samp>’. |
| |
| <h5 class="subsubheading">Example</h5> |
| |
| <pre class="smallexample"> (gdb) |
| -target-select remote /dev/ttya |
| ^connected,addr="0xfe00a300",func="??",args=[] |
| (gdb) |
| </pre> |
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