Re: [Gdb] Command Line Parameters under gdb

[Clark L. Coleman]

> 
> For the first time, I am attempting to employ gdb, which is version 6.0 
> on my Linux system.
> 
> The program that I want to debug is invoked from the command line like:
>       ./cppParser test
> 
> When running it under gdb, I type 'gdb cppParser test'.
> 
> First, I get this error(status?) message at startup: "test" is not a 
> core dump: File format not recognized
> 
> When I subsequently run my program, its built-in error message that a 
> required command line parameter is missing goes off.
> 
> How does one provide command line parameters to a program being run by gdb?

Type:

gdb cppParser

Then, inside gdb, type:

run test

This runs your executable and passes "test" to it as a command-line
argument.

Clark Coleman
University of Virginia

P.S. On linux, type "info gdb" for online help.