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) 1988-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 13 14Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document 15under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or 16any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the 17Invariant Sections being ``Free Software'' and ``Free Software Needs 18Free Documentation'', with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' 19and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. 20 21(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You are free to copy and modify 22this GNU Manual. Buying copies from GNU Press supports the FSF in 23developing GNU and promoting software freedom.'' 24--> 25<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> 26<style type="text/css"><!-- 27 pre.display { font-family:inherit } 28 pre.format { font-family:inherit } 29 pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } 30 pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } 31 pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } 32 pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } 33 span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } 34 span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } 35 span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } 36--></style> 37<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../cs.css"> 38</head> 39<body> 40<div class="node"> 41<a name="Data-Files"></a> 42<p> 43Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Symbol-Errors.html#Symbol-Errors">Symbol Errors</a>, 44Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="GDB-Files.html#GDB-Files">GDB Files</a> 45<hr> 46</div> 47 48<h3 class="section">18.6 GDB Data Files</h3> 49 50<p><a name="index-prefix-for-data-files-1140"></a><span class="sc">gdb</span> will sometimes read an auxiliary data file. These files 51are kept in a directory known as the <dfn>data directory</dfn>. 52 53 <p>You can set the data directory's name, and view the name <span class="sc">gdb</span> 54is currently using. 55 56 57<a name="index-set-data_002ddirectory-1141"></a> 58<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 59to <var>directory</var>. 60 61 <p><a name="index-show-data_002ddirectory-1142"></a><br><dt><code>show data-directory</code><dd>Show the directory <span class="sc">gdb</span> searches for auxiliary data files. 62</dl> 63 64 <p><a name="index-default-data-directory-1143"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040samp_007b_002d_002dwith_002dgdb_002ddatadir_007d-1144"></a>You can set the default data directory by using the configure-time 65‘<samp><span class="samp">--with-gdb-datadir</span></samp>’ option. If the data directory is inside 66<span class="sc">gdb</span>'s configured binary prefix (set with ‘<samp><span class="samp">--prefix</span></samp>’ or 67‘<samp><span class="samp">--exec-prefix</span></samp>’), then the default data directory will be updated 68automatically if the installed <span class="sc">gdb</span> is moved to a new 69location. 70 71 <p>The data directory may also be specified with the 72<code>--data-directory</code> command line option. 73See <a href="Mode-Options.html#Mode-Options">Mode Options</a>. 74 75 </body></html> 76 77