HP gnu source-level debugger 5992-4701 manual Shell commands

type the interrupt character at any time because GDB does not allow it to take effect until a time when it is safe.

You can use the detach command to release an attached process or device.

2.3 Shell commands

If you need to execute occasional shell commands during your debugging session, there is no need to leave or suspend GDB; you can just use the shell command.

shell command string Invoke a standard shell to execute command string. If it exists, the environment variable SHELL determines which shell to run. Otherwise GDB uses the default shell ('/bin/sh' on UNIX systems, 'COMMAND.COM' on MS-DOS, and so on.).

The utility make is often needed in development environments. You do not have to use the shell command for this purpose in GDB:

make make-argsExecute the make program with the specified arguments. This is equivalent to 'shell make make-args'.

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