Ques. about remote debugging using gdb (Ignore previous)

[David McCarthy]

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Thanks for your response Andreas.

Actually, I have tried these options.  I tried using --rhost HOST_NAME but 
it does not help.  I do not get an interactive remote shell with --rhost.  
DDD just hangs.  I tried putting some extra traces into gdbinit.C so that I 
can see what is going on.  And in the function InvokeGDBFromShellHP( ), when 
the shell output is sent in, it reads that as a shell prompt ( which is 
correct ), and it assumes that gdb should be started, so I never get the 
chance to telnet to another machine before the gdb starts.

Is there a way to tell ddd that it should spawn a remote shell, and not 
start gdb right away.  And let me enter a few commands before entering 
gdb...  This would help me a lot since once I get a remote shell on the 
rhost machine, I can do the telnet etc. and then invoke gdb and so on...  
Any suggestions.
Thanks for your help.



> From: Andreas Zeller To: "David McCarthy" CC: address@hidden Subject: Re: 
> Ques. about remote debugging using gdb Date: 02 Jul 2001 16:22:08 +0200
>
> Hi!
>
> "David McCarthy" writes:
>
> > I am trying to debug a program on my client's site. So, in order to get 
> the > gdb shell fired up on the client machine, I have to invoke a shell 
> command to > telnet to machine A, and then telnet to another machine B from 
> machine > A. Then, I can start gdb on machine B and debug. > > From what I 
> understand about ddd, it should not care so much as to how many > machines 
> I have to telnet thru as long as it gets the gdb prompt and it takes > over 
> from there. > > So, is there a way to tell ddd to invoke a remote shell, 
> and hand over the > control to me i.e. let me login to machine B before 
> trying to launch gdb in > that shell. > > Any suggestions/pointers are 
> greatly appreciated...
>
> The DDD manual? Look for `--host' and `--rhost' options.
>
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> Andreas Zeller Universitaet des Saarlandes 
> http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/st/staff/zeller/
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