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(rob@cygnus.com) # Test basic help functionality. # This is not intended to test the help text of every command, # or even more than a few commands - too much of a maintenance burden. gdb_start # Disable pagination. gdb_test_no_output "set height 0" "disable pagination" # Test all the help classes. test_class_help "aliases" {"User-defined aliases of other commands\.\[\r\n\]+"} test_class_help "breakpoints" { "Making program stop at certain points\.\[\r\n\]+" } with_read1_timeout_factor 10 { test_class_help "data" {"Examining data\.\[\r\n\]+"} test_class_help "files" {"Specifying and examining files\.\[\r\n\]+"} test_class_help "internals" { "Maintenance commands\.\[\r\n\]+" "Some gdb commands are provided just for use by gdb maintainers\.\[\r\n\]+" "These commands are subject to frequent change, and may not be as\[\r\n\]+" "well documented as user commands\.\[\r\n\]+" } } test_class_help "obscure" {"Obscure features\.\[\r\n\]+"} test_class_help "running" {"Running the program\.\[\r\n\]+"} test_class_help "stack" { "Examining the stack\..*\[\r\n\]+" "When the program being debugged stops, gdb selects the innermost frame\.\[\r\n\]+" "The commands below can be used to select other frames by number or address\.\[\r\n\]+" } with_read1_timeout_factor 10 { test_class_help "status" { "Status inquiries\.\[\r\n\]+" } test_class_help "support" {"Support facilities\.\[\r\n\]+"} test_class_help "tracepoints" { "Tracing of program execution without stopping the program\.\[\r\n\]+" } } with_read1_timeout_factor 10 { test_user_defined_class_help # Test help of an abbreviated command. "break" is picked at random. set help_breakpoint_text "Set breakpoint at specified location\..*" # Test help breakpoint "b" abbreviation. gdb_test "help b" $help_breakpoint_text "help breakpoint \"b\" abbreviation" # Test help breakpoint "br" abbreviation. gdb_test "help br" $help_breakpoint_text "help breakpoint \"br\" abbreviation" # Test help breakpoint "bre" abbreviation; gdb_test "help bre" $help_breakpoint_text "help breakpoint \"bre\" abbreviation" # Test help breakpoint "brea" abbreviation. } gdb_test "help brea" $help_breakpoint_text "help breakpoint \"brea\" abbreviation" # Test help breakpoint "break" abbreviation. gdb_test "help break" $help_breakpoint_text "help breakpoint \"break\" abbreviation" # Test help of an aliased command. "bt" is picked at random. set help_backtrace_text "Print backtrace of all stack frames, or innermost COUNT frames\..*" # Test help backtrace "bt" abbreviation. gdb_test "help bt" $help_backtrace_text "help backtrace \"bt\" abbreviation" # Test help backtrace. gdb_test "help backtrace" $help_backtrace_text # Test help commands. gdb_test "help commands" "Set commands to be executed when the given breakpoints are hit\.\[\r\n\]+Give a space-separated breakpoint list as argument after \"commands\"\.\[\r\n\]+A list element can be a breakpoint number \\(e.g. `5'\\) or a range of numbers\[\r\n\]+\\(e.g. `5-7'\\)\.\[\r\n\]+With no argument, the targeted breakpoint is the last one set\.\[\r\n\]+The commands themselves follow starting on the next line\.\[\r\n\]+Type a line containing \"end\" to indicate the end of them\.\[\r\n\]+Give \"silent\" as the first line to make the breakpoint silent;\[\r\n\]+then no output is printed when it is hit, except what the commands print\." # Test a prefix command. "delete" is picked at random. # Test help delete "d" abbreviation. set expected_help_delete { "Delete all or some breakpoints\.\[\r\n\]+" "Usage: delete \\\[BREAKPOINTNUM\\\]...\[\r\n\]+" "Arguments are breakpoint numbers with spaces in between\.\[\r\n\]+" "To delete all breakpoints, give no argument\.\[\r\n\]+" "Also a prefix command for deletion of other GDB objects\.\[\r\n\]+" } test_prefix_command_help {"d" "delete"} $expected_help_delete "help delete \"d\" abbreviation" # Test help delete. test_prefix_command_help "delete" $expected_help_delete # Make sure help for help itself is present. # Test help help "h" abbreviation. gdb_test "help h" "Print list of commands\." "help help \"h\" abbreviation" # Test help help. gdb_test "help help" "Print list of commands\." # The startup banner refers to "show copying" and "show warranty", # might as well test for them. # Test help info copying. gdb_test "help show copying" "Conditions for redistributing copies of GDB\." # Test help info warranty. gdb_test "help show warranty" "Various kinds of warranty you do not have\." # Test a few other random "help show" commands. # Test help show commands. gdb_test "help show commands" "Show the history of commands you typed\.\[\r\n\]+You can supply a command number to start with, or a `\[+\]' to start after\[\r\n\]+the previous command number shown\." # Test help show confirm. gdb_test "help show confirm" "Show whether to confirm potentially dangerous operations\." # Test help info bogus-gdb-command. gdb_test "help info bogus-gdb-command" "Undefined info command: \"bogus-gdb-command\"\. Try \"help info\"\." # Test help gotcha. gdb_test "help gotcha" "Undefined command: \"gotcha\"\. Try \"help\"\." # Test apropos regex. gdb_test "apropos \\\(print\[\^\[ bsiedf\\\".-\]\\\)" "handle -- Specify how to handle signals\." # Test apropos >1 word string. gdb_test "apropos handle signal" "handle -- Specify how to handle signals\." # Test apropos apropos. gdb_test "apropos apropos" "apropos -- Search for commands matching a REGEXP.*" # Test apropos for commands having aliases. gdb_test_no_output "alias mybt = backtrace" "define mybt alias" gdb_test_no_output "alias mybt10 = backtrace 10" "define mybt10 alias" gdb_test "apropos Print backtrace of all stack frames, or innermost COUNT frames\." \ "backtrace, mybt10, mybt, where, bt -- Print backtrace of all stack frames, or innermost COUNT frames\.\[\r\n\]+ alias mybt10 = backtrace 10" # Test help for commands having aliases. gdb_test "help bt" "backtrace, mybt10, mybt, where, bt\[\r\n\]+ alias mybt10 = backtrace 10\[\r\n\]+Print backtrace of all stack frames, or innermost COUNT frames\..*" # Document the aliases. The apropos and help commands should then consider them # as "standalone" commands. gdb_test_multiple "document mybt" "document alias: mybt" { -re "Type documentation for \"mybt\".\r\nEnd with a line saying just \"end\".\r\n>$" { gdb_test "An alias of command backtrace without any args.\nend" \ "" \ "document alias: mybt" } } gdb_test_multiple "document mybt10" "document alias: mybt10" { -re "Type documentation for \"mybt10\".\r\nEnd with a line saying just \"end\".\r\n>$" { gdb_test "An alias of command backtrace with arg 10.\nend" \ "" \ "document alias: mybt10" } } # As the aliases are now documented, they do not appear in apropos/help backtrace output anymore. gdb_test "apropos Print backtrace of all stack frames, or innermost COUNT frames\." \ "backtrace, where, bt -- Print backtrace of all stack frames, or innermost COUNT frames\." \ "apropos after documenting aliases" gdb_test "help bt" "backtrace, where, bt\[\r\n\]+Print backtrace of all stack frames, or innermost COUNT frames\..*" \ "help after documenting aliases" # Check apropos and help use the alias documentation. gdb_test "apropos An alias of command backtrace with arg 10" \ "mybt10 -- An alias of command backtrace with arg 10\." \ "apropos after documenting aliases showing mybt10 doc" gdb_test "help mybt" " alias mybt = backtrace \[\r\n\]+An alias of command backtrace without any args\." \ "help mybt after documenting aliases showing mybt doc" # Check pre-defined aliases cannot be documented. gdb_test "document where" "Alias \"where\" is built-in.*" \ "documenting builtin where alias disallowed"