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| <h3 class="section">9.2 Specifying a Location</h3> |
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| <p><a name="index-specifying-location-444"></a><a name="index-linespec-445"></a> |
| Several <span class="sc">gdb</span> commands accept arguments that specify a location |
| of your program's code. Since <span class="sc">gdb</span> is a source-level |
| debugger, a location usually specifies some line in the source code; |
| for that reason, locations are also known as <dfn>linespecs</dfn>. |
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| <p>Here are all the different ways of specifying a code location that |
| <span class="sc">gdb</span> understands: |
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| <dt><var>linenum</var><dd>Specifies the line number <var>linenum</var> of the current source file. |
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| <br><dt><code>-</code><var>offset</var><dt><code>+</code><var>offset</var><dd>Specifies the line <var>offset</var> lines before or after the <dfn>current |
| line</dfn>. For the <code>list</code> command, the current line is the last one |
| printed; for the breakpoint commands, this is the line at which |
| execution stopped in the currently selected <dfn>stack frame</dfn> |
| (see <a href="Frames.html#Frames">Frames</a>, for a description of stack frames.) When |
| used as the second of the two linespecs in a <code>list</code> command, |
| this specifies the line <var>offset</var> lines up or down from the first |
| linespec. |
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| <br><dt><var>filename</var><code>:</code><var>linenum</var><dd>Specifies the line <var>linenum</var> in the source file <var>filename</var>. |
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| <br><dt><var>function</var><dd>Specifies the line that begins the body of the function <var>function</var>. |
| For example, in C, this is the line with the open brace. |
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| <br><dt><var>filename</var><code>:</code><var>function</var><dd>Specifies the line that begins the body of the function <var>function</var> |
| in the file <var>filename</var>. You only need the file name with a |
| function name to avoid ambiguity when there are identically named |
| functions in different source files. |
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| <br><dt><var>label</var><dd>Specifies the line at which the label named <var>label</var> appears. |
| <span class="sc">gdb</span> searches for the label in the function corresponding to |
| the currently selected stack frame. If there is no current selected |
| stack frame (for instance, if the inferior is not running), then |
| <span class="sc">gdb</span> will not search for a label. |
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| <br><dt><code>*</code><var>address</var><dd>Specifies the program address <var>address</var>. For line-oriented |
| commands, such as <code>list</code> and <code>edit</code>, this specifies a source |
| line that contains <var>address</var>. For <code>break</code> and other |
| breakpoint oriented commands, this can be used to set breakpoints in |
| parts of your program which do not have debugging information or |
| source files. |
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| <p>Here <var>address</var> may be any expression valid in the current working |
| language (see <a href="Languages.html#Languages">working language</a>) that specifies a code |
| address. In addition, as a convenience, <span class="sc">gdb</span> extends the |
| semantics of expressions used in locations to cover the situations |
| that frequently happen during debugging. Here are the various forms |
| of <var>address</var>: |
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| <dt><var>expression</var><dd>Any expression valid in the current working language. |
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| <br><dt><var>funcaddr</var><dd>An address of a function or procedure derived from its name. In C, |
| C<tt>++</tt>, Java, Objective-C, Fortran, minimal, and assembly, this is |
| simply the function's name <var>function</var> (and actually a special case |
| of a valid expression). In Pascal and Modula-2, this is |
| <code>&</code><var>function</var>. In Ada, this is <var>function</var><code>'Address</code> |
| (although the Pascal form also works). |
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| <p>This form specifies the address of the function's first instruction, |
| before the stack frame and arguments have been set up. |
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| <br><dt><code>'</code><var>filename</var><code>'::</code><var>funcaddr</var><dd>Like <var>funcaddr</var> above, but also specifies the name of the source |
| file explicitly. This is useful if the name of the function does not |
| specify the function unambiguously, e.g., if there are several |
| functions with identical names in different source files. |
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