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List:       gdb
Subject:    Re: Release symbol file
From:       Fabian Cenedese <Cenedese () indel ! ch>
Date:       2004-09-23 6:29:06
Message-ID: 5.2.0.9.1.20040923082603.01d0d4a8 () NT_SERVER
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>> Thanks, but what about the MI? I can't give switches to e.g
>> -file-exec-and-symbol, can I? I mean, once gdb is started. Or
>> do I have to stop and restart gdb every time?
>
>--readnow is a global flag.  It turns on the "read now" behavior
>on all future calls to symbol_file_add_with_addrs_or_offsets.
>
>gdb does keep file descriptors open for the target program,
>but it ought to have all the symbols in memory after
>"expanding to full symbols".

I'm not concerned about the symbols but about the file access.
Even when started with "gdb --readnow -i mi" and load a file
I can't delete that file anymore. As I want to recreate it without
unloading from gdb I guess I need to make a copy then.

Thanks

bye  Fabi


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