2001-10-30 Don Howard <dhoward@redhat.com>

	* gdb.texinfo: (Command Files) Added documentation for the
	behavior of gdb with input redirected from a file.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 38d8abd..0f2257b 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-10-30  Don Howard  <dhoward@redhat.com>
+
+       * gdb.texinfo: (Command Files) Added documentation for the behavior of gdb with
+       input redirected from a file.
+
 2001-10-28  Fred Fish  <fnf@redhat.com>
 
        * gdb.texinfo (auto-solib-add): Change docs to match

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index d468977..bfa50a2 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -13114,6 +13114,20 @@ without asking when used in a command file.  Many @value{GDBN} commands that
 normally print messages to say what they are doing omit the messages
 when called from command files.
 
+@value{GDBN} also accepts command input from standard input.  In this
+mode, normal output goes to standard output and error output goes to
+standard error.  Errors in a command file supplied on standard input do
+not terminate execution of the command file --- execution continues with
+the next command.
+
+@example
+gdb < cmds > log 2>&1
+@end example
+
+(The syntax above will vary depending on the shell used.) This example
+will execute commands from the file @file{cmds}. All output and errors
+would be directed to @file{log}.
+
 @node Output
 @section Commands for controlled output