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authorTom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>2020-07-05 13:02:40 -0600
committerAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>2021-04-15 10:34:09 +0100
commit5809fbf2e289fc524d3086da62918876b66cefa8 (patch)
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gdb: add "set startup-quietly" command
This adds a new command to change GDB to behave as though "-quiet" were always given. This new command can be added to the gdbearlyinit file to affect future GDB sessions. gdb/ChangeLog: * NEWS: Add entry. * main.c (captured_main_1): Call check_quiet_mode. * top.c (startup_quiet): New global. (check_quiet_mode): New function. (show_startup_quiet): New function. (init_main): Register new command. * top.h (check_quiet_mode): Declare. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: * gdb.texinfo (Mode Options): Mention "set startup-quietly". gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gdb.base/startup-file.exp: Add more tests.
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@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ memory-tag set-allocation-tag ADDRESS LENGTH TAGS
memory-tag check POINTER
Validate that POINTER's logical tag matches the allocation tag.
+set startup-quietly on|off
+show startup-quietly
+ When 'on', this causes GDB to act as if "-silent" were passed on the
+ command line. This command needs to be added to an early
+ initialization file (e.g. ~/.config/gdb/gdbearlyinit) in order to
+ affect GDB.
+
* Changed commands
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