gdb: 'target ...' commands now expect quoted/escaped filenames

This commit changes the 'target ...' commands that accept a filename
to take a quoted or escaped filename rather than a literal filename.

What this means in practice is that if you are specifying a filename
that contains no white space or quote characters, then nothing should
change, e.g.:

  target exec /path/to/some/file

works both before and after this commit.

However, if a user wishes to specify a file containing white space
then either the entire filename needs to be quoted, or the special
white space needs to be escaped.  Before this patch a user could
write:

  target exec /path/to a file/containing spaces

But after this commit the user would have to choose one of:

  target exec "/path/to a file/containing spaces"

or

  target exec /path/to\ a\ file/containing\ spaces

Obviously this is a potentially breaking change.  The benefit of
making this change is consistency.  Commands that take multiple
arguments (one of which is a filename) or in the future, commands that
take filename options, will always need to use quoted/escaped
filenames, so converting all unquoted filename commands to use quoting
or escaping makes the UI more consistent.

Additionally (though this is probably not a common problem), GDB
strips trailing white space from commands that the user enters.  As
such it is not possible to reference any file that ends in white space
unless the quoting / escaping style is used.  Though I suspect very
few users run into this problem!

The downside obviously is that this is a UI breaking change.

Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>

gdb/NEWS

@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ remove-symbol-file -a ADDRESS
   multiple terms, e.g. 'function + 0x1000' (without quotes),
   previously only a single term could be given.
 
+target core
+target exec
+target tfile
+target ctf
 compile file
 maint print c-tdesc
 save gdb-index

gdb/corelow.c

@@ -860,7 +860,10 @@ core_target_open (const char *arg, int from_tty)
   int flags;
 
   target_preopen (from_tty);
-  if (!arg)
+
+  std::string filename = extract_single_filename_arg (arg);
+
+  if (filename.empty ())
     {
       if (current_program_space->core_bfd ())
 	error (_("No core file specified.  (Use `detach' "
@@ -869,25 +872,23 @@ core_target_open (const char *arg, int from_tty)
 	error (_("No core file specified."));
     }
 
-  gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> filename (tilde_expand (arg));
-  if (strlen (filename.get ()) != 0
-      && !IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (filename.get ()))
-    filename = make_unique_xstrdup (gdb_abspath (filename).c_str ());
+  if (!IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (filename.c_str ()))
+    filename = gdb_abspath (filename);
 
   flags = O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE;
   if (write_files)
     flags |= O_RDWR;
   else
     flags |= O_RDONLY;
-  scratch_chan = gdb_open_cloexec (filename.get (), flags, 0).release ();
+  scratch_chan = gdb_open_cloexec (filename.c_str (), flags, 0).release ();
   if (scratch_chan < 0)
-    perror_with_name (filename.get ());
+    perror_with_name (filename.c_str ());
 
-  gdb_bfd_ref_ptr temp_bfd (gdb_bfd_fopen (filename.get (), gnutarget,
+  gdb_bfd_ref_ptr temp_bfd (gdb_bfd_fopen (filename.c_str (), gnutarget,
 					   write_files ? FOPEN_RUB : FOPEN_RB,
 					   scratch_chan));
   if (temp_bfd == NULL)
-    perror_with_name (filename.get ());
+    perror_with_name (filename.c_str ());
 
   if (!bfd_check_format (temp_bfd.get (), bfd_core))
     {
@@ -896,7 +897,7 @@ core_target_open (const char *arg, int from_tty)
 	 thing, on error it does not free all the storage associated
 	 with the bfd).  */
       error (_("\"%s\" is not a core dump: %s"),
-	     filename.get (), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
+	     filename.c_str (), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
     }
 
   current_program_space->cbfd = std::move (temp_bfd);
@@ -1940,7 +1941,7 @@ void
 _initialize_corelow ()
 {
   add_target (core_target_info, core_target_open,
-	      deprecated_filename_completer);
+	      filename_maybe_quoted_completer);
   add_cmd ("core-file-backed-mappings", class_maintenance,
 	   maintenance_print_core_file_backed_mappings,
 	   _("Print core file's file-backed mappings."),

gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo

@@ -16245,6 +16245,9 @@ the data was saved, as well as the current trace frame you are examining.
 Both @var{filename} and @var{dirname} must be on a filesystem accessible to
 the host.
 
+The @var{filename} and @var{dirname} arguments supports escaping and
+quoting, see @ref{Filename Arguments,,Filenames As Command Arguments}.
+
 @smallexample
 (@value{GDBP}) target ctf ctf.ctf
 (@value{GDBP}) tfind
@@ -23167,11 +23170,17 @@ configuration):
 An executable file.  @samp{target exec @var{program}} is the same as
 @samp{exec-file @var{program}}.
 
+The @var{program} argument supports escaping and quoting, see
+@ref{Filename Arguments,,Filenames As Command Arguments}.
+
 @item target core @var{filename}
 @cindex core dump file target
 A core dump file.  @samp{target core @var{filename}} is the same as
 @samp{core-file @var{filename}}.
 
+The @var{filename} argument supports escaping and quoting, see
+@ref{Filename Arguments,,Filenames As Command Arguments}.
+
 @item target remote @var{medium}
 @cindex remote target
 A remote system connected to @value{GDBN} via a serial line or network

gdb/exec.c

@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ static void
 exec_target_open (const char *args, int from_tty)
 {
   target_preopen (from_tty);
-  exec_file_attach (args, from_tty);
+
+  std::string filename = extract_single_filename_arg (args);
+  exec_file_attach (filename.empty () ? nullptr : filename.c_str (),
+		    from_tty);
 }
 
 /* This is the target_close implementation.  Clears all target
@@ -1120,5 +1123,5 @@ will be loaded as well."),
 			&setlist, &showlist);
 
   add_target (exec_target_info, exec_target_open,
-	      deprecated_filename_completer);
+	      filename_maybe_quoted_completer);
 }

gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/batch-exit-status.exp

@@ -92,5 +92,5 @@ test_exit_status 1 "-batch -x $good_commands -ex \"set not-a-thing 4\"" \
 set test "No such file or directory"
 set no_such_re ": $test\\."
 test_exit_status 1 "-batch \"\"" "1x: $test" ^[multi_line $no_such_re ""]$
-test_exit_status 1 "-batch \"\" \"\"" "2x: $test" \
-    ^[multi_line $no_such_re $no_such_re ""]$
+test_exit_status 1 "-batch \"\" \"\"" "$test and No core file specified" \
+    ^[multi_line $no_such_re "No core file specified\\." ""]$

gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/filename-completion.exp

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ proc run_quoting_and_escaping_tests { root } {
     # which require whitespace to be escaped in unquoted filenames.
     foreach_with_prefix cmd { file exec-file symbol-file add-symbol-file \
 				  remove-symbol-file \
+				  "target core" "target exec" "target tfile" \
 				  "maint print c-tdesc" "compile file" \
 				  "save gdb-index" "save gdb-index -dwarf-5" } {
 	gdb_start
@@ -300,8 +301,7 @@ proc run_unquoted_tests_core { root cmd { prefix "" } } {
 proc run_unquoted_tests { root } {
     # Test all the commands which allow quoting of filenames, and
     # which require whitespace to be escaped in unquoted filenames.
-    foreach_with_prefix cmd { "set logging file" \
-				  "target core" "add-auto-load-safe-path" } {
+    foreach_with_prefix cmd { "set logging file" "add-auto-load-safe-path" } {
 	run_unquoted_tests_core $root $cmd
     }
 

gdb/tracectf.c

@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ ctf_read_tp (struct uploaded_tp **uploaded_tps)
    second packet which contains events on trace blocks.  */
 
 static void
-ctf_target_open (const char *dirname, int from_tty)
+ctf_target_open (const char *args, int from_tty)
 {
   struct bt_ctf_event *event;
   uint32_t event_id;
@@ -1119,10 +1119,11 @@ ctf_target_open (const char *dirname, int from_tty)
   struct uploaded_tsv *uploaded_tsvs = NULL;
   struct uploaded_tp *uploaded_tps = NULL;
 
-  if (!dirname)
+  std::string dirname = extract_single_filename_arg (args);
+  if (dirname.empty ())
     error (_("No CTF directory specified."));
 
-  ctf_open_dir (dirname);
+  ctf_open_dir (dirname.c_str ());
 
   target_preopen (from_tty);
 
@@ -1162,7 +1163,7 @@ ctf_target_open (const char *dirname, int from_tty)
   start_pos = bt_iter_get_pos (bt_ctf_get_iter (ctf_iter));
   gdb_assert (start_pos->type == BT_SEEK_RESTORE);
 
-  trace_dirname = make_unique_xstrdup (dirname);
+  trace_dirname = make_unique_xstrdup (dirname.c_str ());
   current_inferior ()->push_target (&ctf_ops);
 
   inferior_appeared (current_inferior (), CTF_PID);
@@ -1722,6 +1723,6 @@ _initialize_ctf ()
 {
 #if HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE
   add_target (ctf_target_info, ctf_target_open,
-	      deprecated_filename_completer);
+	      filename_maybe_quoted_completer);
 #endif
 }

gdb/tracefile-tfile.c

@@ -462,24 +462,24 @@ tfile_target_open (const char *arg, int from_tty)
   struct uploaded_tsv *uploaded_tsvs = NULL;
 
   target_preopen (from_tty);
-  if (!arg)
+  std::string filename = extract_single_filename_arg (arg);
+  if (filename.empty ())
     error (_("No trace file specified."));
 
-  gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> filename (tilde_expand (arg));
-  if (!IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (filename.get ()))
-    filename = make_unique_xstrdup (gdb_abspath (filename).c_str ());
+  if (!IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (filename.c_str ()))
+    filename = gdb_abspath (filename);
 
   flags = O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE;
   flags |= O_RDONLY;
-  scratch_chan = gdb_open_cloexec (filename.get (), flags, 0).release ();
+  scratch_chan = gdb_open_cloexec (filename.c_str (), flags, 0).release ();
   if (scratch_chan < 0)
-    perror_with_name (filename.get ());
+    perror_with_name (filename.c_str ());
 
   /* Looks semi-reasonable.  Toss the old trace file and work on the new.  */
 
   current_inferior ()->unpush_target (&tfile_ops);
 
-  trace_filename = std::move (filename);
+  trace_filename = make_unique_xstrdup (filename.c_str ());
   trace_fd = scratch_chan;
 
   /* Make sure this is clear.  */
@@ -1121,5 +1121,5 @@ void
 _initialize_tracefile_tfile ()
 {
   add_target (tfile_target_info, tfile_target_open,
-	      deprecated_filename_completer);
+	      filename_maybe_quoted_completer);
 }