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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 817b96b9b6d..583d96c85d6 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -17573,6 +17573,10 @@ end @item define @var{commandname} Define a command named @var{commandname}. If there is already a command by that name, you are asked to confirm that you want to redefine it. +@var{commandname} may be a bare command name consisting of letters, +numbers, dashes, and underscores. It may also start with any predefined +prefix command. For example, @samp{define target my-target} creates +a user-defined @samp{target my-target} command. The definition of the command is made up of other @value{GDBN} command lines, which are given following the @code{define} command. The end of these @@ -17707,6 +17711,10 @@ not for command aliases; you should define a hook for the basic command name, e.g.@: @code{backtrace} rather than @code{bt}. @c FIXME! So how does Joe User discover whether a command is an alias @c or not? +You can hook a multi-word command by adding @code{hook-} or +@code{hookpost-} to the last word of the command, e.g.@: +@samp{define target hook-remote} to add a hook to @samp{target remote}. + If an error occurs during the execution of your hook, execution of @value{GDBN} commands stops and @value{GDBN} issues a prompt (before the command that you actually typed had a chance to run). |