Improve load command's help text

This fairly obvious patch adds usage text to the load command's help text.

Originally it did not have usage and mentioned things like FILE and OFFSET
without explaining how those should be passed in the command.

gdb/ChangeLog:

2017-02-13  Luis Machado  <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>

	* symfile (_initialize_symfile): Add usage text to the load command's
	help text.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

2017-02-13  Luis Machado  <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Target Commands): Document the optional offset
	argument for the load command.
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Luis Machado 2017-02-13 07:29:30 -06:00
parent bf5f525c89
commit 5cf30ebf64
4 changed files with 20 additions and 3 deletions

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2017-02-13 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
* symfile (_initialize_symfile): Add usage text to the load command's
help text.
2017-02-10 Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
* utils.c (defaulted_query): Don't query on secondary UIs.

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2017-02-13 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Target Commands): Document the optional offset
argument for the load command.
2017-02-10 Martin Galvan <martingalvan@sourceware.org>
PR gdb/21122

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@ -19600,8 +19600,8 @@ Show the current status of displaying communications between
@table @code
@kindex load @var{filename}
@item load @var{filename}
@kindex load @var{filename} @var{offset}
@item load @var{filename} @var{offset}
@anchor{load}
Depending on what remote debugging facilities are configured into
@value{GDBN}, the @code{load} command may be available. Where it exists, it
@ -19620,6 +19620,10 @@ link the program; for other formats, like a.out, the object file format
specifies a fixed address.
@c FIXME! This would be a good place for an xref to the GNU linker doc.
It is also possible to tell @value{GDBN} to load the executable file at a
specific offset described by the optional argument @var{offset}. When
@var{offset} is provided, @var{filename} must also be provided.
Depending on the remote side capabilities, @value{GDBN} may be able to
load programs into flash memory.

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@ -3927,7 +3927,10 @@ that lies within the boundaries of this symbol file in memory."),
c = add_cmd ("load", class_files, load_command, _("\
Dynamically load FILE into the running program, and record its symbols\n\
for access from GDB.\n\
A load OFFSET may also be given."), &cmdlist);
An optional load OFFSET may also be given as a literal address.\n\
When OFFSET is provided, FILE must also be provided. FILE can be provided\n\
on its own.\n\
Usage: load [FILE] [OFFSET]"), &cmdlist);
set_cmd_completer (c, filename_completer);
add_prefix_cmd ("overlay", class_support, overlay_command,