Where is .gdbinit is located and how can I edit it?

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I am having a exception crash issue and I am trying to edit this file to get more info about the crash. Where is .gdbinit is located and how can I edit it? Thanks

coanor · Answer 1 · 2013-03-20T10:09:24.823

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You can also put .gdbinit in your debugging folder, this makes more applicable for debugging different apps. GDB will automatically load ./.gdbinit for current debugging.

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answered Nov 30 '12 at 02:00

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score 23 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 05 '12 at 20:59

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You need to create a new file called .gdbinit - put it in your home directory. Now every time gdb starts it will execute the commands in this file. ".gdbinit" is a file you can drop in your home directory that gdb will parse when gdb launches, either from the command line or from within Xcode.

answered Mar 05 '12 at 20:59

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Thanks now I have the .gdbinit file in my home directory. Where can I locate the crash result? – saman01 Mar 06 '12 at 10:56
You can add this system default to your .gdbinit to log Xcode's GDB output to a file. So when you execute your program, your logs will be written to the log file: defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode IDEGDBLogToFile /tmp/logs.txt – Panshul Mar 06 '12 at 16:33

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 05 '19 at 21:47

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You can do

nano ~/.gdbinit

modify your file and save it. Verify the changes with cat ~/.gdbinit

edited Dec 05 '19 at 21:47

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answered Nov 10 '16 at 01:35

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 04 '13 at 22:24

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You may want to add the line echo "set disassembly intel" > ~/.gdbinit. For example:

gdb@Name:~$ echo "set disassembly intel" > ~/.gdbinit
gdb@Name:~$ cat ~/.gdbinit
set disassembly intel
gdb@Name:

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answered Aug 04 '13 at 21:55

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 05 '19 at 14:58

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go to the root directory using cd ~/ or cd root, then create .gdbinit

answered Dec 05 '19 at 14:58

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Where is .gdbinit is located and how can I edit it?

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