1<html lang="en"> 2<head> 3<title>Data Files - Debugging with GDB</title> 4<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> 5<meta name="description" content="Debugging with GDB"> 6<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> 7<link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> 8<link rel="up" href="GDB-Files.html#GDB-Files" title="GDB Files"> 9<link rel="prev" href="Symbol-Errors.html#Symbol-Errors" title="Symbol Errors"> 10<link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> 11<!-- 12Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 131998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 14Free Software Foundation, Inc. 15 16Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document 17under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or 18any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the 19Invariant Sections being ``Free Software'' and ``Free Software Needs 20Free Documentation'', with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' 21and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. 22 23(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You are free to copy and modify 24this GNU Manual. Buying copies from GNU Press supports the FSF in 25developing GNU and promoting software freedom.''--> 26<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> 27<style type="text/css"><!-- 28 pre.display { font-family:inherit } 29 pre.format { font-family:inherit } 30 pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } 31 pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } 32 pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } 33 pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } 34 span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } 35 span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } 36 span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } 37--></style> 38<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../cs.css"> 39</head> 40<body> 41<div class="node"> 42<a name="Data-Files"></a> 43<p> 44Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Symbol-Errors.html#Symbol-Errors">Symbol Errors</a>, 45Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="GDB-Files.html#GDB-Files">GDB Files</a> 46<hr> 47</div> 48 49<h3 class="section">18.5 GDB Data Files</h3> 50 51<p><a name="index-prefix-for-data-files-1025"></a><span class="sc">gdb</span> will sometimes read an auxiliary data file. These files 52are kept in a directory known as the <dfn>data directory</dfn>. 53 54 <p>You can set the data directory's name, and view the name <span class="sc">gdb</span> 55is currently using. 56 57 58<a name="index-set-data_002ddirectory-1026"></a> 59<dl><dt><code>set data-directory </code><var>directory</var><dd>Set the directory which <span class="sc">gdb</span> searches for auxiliary data files 60to <var>directory</var>. 61 62 <p><a name="index-show-data_002ddirectory-1027"></a><br><dt><code>show data-directory</code><dd>Show the directory <span class="sc">gdb</span> searches for auxiliary data files. 63</dl> 64 65 <p><a name="index-default-data-directory-1028"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040samp_007b_002d_002dwith_002dgdb_002ddatadir_007d-1029"></a>You can set the default data directory by using the configure-time 66‘<samp><span class="samp">--with-gdb-datadir</span></samp>’ option. If the data directory is inside 67<span class="sc">gdb</span>'s configured binary prefix (set with ‘<samp><span class="samp">--prefix</span></samp>’ or 68‘<samp><span class="samp">--exec-prefix</span></samp>’), then the default data directory will be updated 69automatically if the installed <span class="sc">gdb</span> is moved to a new 70location. 71 72 </body></html> 73 74