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This commit adds new "set/show cwd" commands, which are used to set/show the current working directory of the inferior that will be started. The idea here is that "set cwd" will become the de facto way of setting the inferior's cwd. Currently, the user can use "cd" for that, but there are side effects: with "cd", GDB also switches to another directory, and that can impact the loading of scripts and other files. With "set cwd", we separate the logic into a new command. To maintain backward compatibility, if the user issues a "cd" command but doesn't use "set cwd", then the inferior's cwd will still be changed according to what the user specified. However, "set cwd" has precedence over "cd", so it can always be used to override it. "set cwd" works in the following way: - If the user sets the inferior's cwd by using "set cwd", then this directory is saved into current_inferior ()->cwd and is used when the inferior is started (see below). - If the user doesn't set the inferior's cwd by using "set cwd", but rather use the "cd" command as before, then this directory is inherited by the inferior because GDB will have chdir'd into it. On Unix-like hosts, the way the directory is changed before the inferior execution is by expanding the user set directory before the fork, and then "chdir" after the call to fork/vfork on "fork_inferior", but before the actual execution. On Windows, the inferior cwd set by the user is passed directly to the CreateProcess call, which takes care of the actual chdir for us. This way, we'll make sure that GDB's cwd is not affected by the user set cwd. gdb/ChangeLog: 2017-10-04 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com> * NEWS (New commands): Mention "set/show cwd". * cli/cli-cmds.c (_initialize_cli_cmds): Mention "set cwd" on "cd" command's help text. * common/common-inferior.h (get_inferior_cwd): New prototype. * infcmd.c (inferior_cwd_scratch): New global variable. (set_inferior_cwd): New function. (get_inferior_cwd): Likewise. (set_cwd_command): Likewise. (show_cwd_command): Likewise. (_initialize_infcmd): Add "set/show cwd" commands. * inferior.h (class inferior) <cwd>: New field. * nat/fork-inferior.c: Include "gdb_tilde_expand.h". (fork_inferior): Change inferior's cwd before its execution. * windows-nat.c (windows_create_inferior): Pass inferior's cwd to CreateProcess. gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog: 2017-10-04 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com> * inferiors.c (current_inferior_cwd): New global variable. (get_inferior_cwd): New function. * inferiors.h (struct process_info) <cwd>: New field. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: 2017-10-04 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (Starting your Program) <The working directory.>: Mention new "set cwd" command. (Working Directory) <Your Program's Working Directory>: Rephrase to explain that "set cwd" exists and is the default way to change the inferior's cwd. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2017-10-04 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com> * gdb.base/set-cwd.c: New file. * gdb.base/set-cwd.exp: Likewise.
README for GNU development tools This directory contains various GNU compilers, assemblers, linkers, debuggers, etc., plus their support routines, definitions, and documentation. If you are receiving this as part of a GDB release, see the file gdb/README. If with a binutils release, see binutils/README; if with a libg++ release, see libg++/README, etc. That'll give you info about this package -- supported targets, how to use it, how to report bugs, etc. It is now possible to automatically configure and build a variety of tools with one command. To build all of the tools contained herein, run the ``configure'' script here, e.g.: ./configure make To install them (by default in /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, etc), then do: make install (If the configure script can't determine your type of computer, give it the name as an argument, for instance ``./configure sun4''. You can use the script ``config.sub'' to test whether a name is recognized; if it is, config.sub translates it to a triplet specifying CPU, vendor, and OS.) If you have more than one compiler on your system, it is often best to explicitly set CC in the environment before running configure, and to also set CC when running make. For example (assuming sh/bash/ksh): CC=gcc ./configure make A similar example using csh: setenv CC gcc ./configure make Much of the code and documentation enclosed is copyright by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the file COPYING or COPYING.LIB in the various directories, for a description of the GNU General Public License terms under which you can copy the files. REPORTING BUGS: Again, see gdb/README, binutils/README, etc., for info on where and how to report problems.