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Document how GDB searches for files when using -s, -e, and -se options

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GDB's documentation of the 'file' command says:

    If you do not specify a directory and the file is not found in the
    GDB working directory, GDB uses the environment variable PATH as a
    list of directories to search, just as the shell does when looking
    for a program to run.

The same is true for files specified via commandline options -s, -e,
and -se.

This commit adds a cross reference to the file command for these options.
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Kevin Buettner 2022-06-02 15:26:38 -07:00
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@ -962,6 +962,11 @@ If @value{GDBN} has not been configured to included core file support,
such as for most embedded targets, then it will complain about a second
argument and ignore it.
For the @samp{-s}, @samp{-e}, and @samp{-se} options, and their long
form equivalents, the method used to search the file system for the
symbol and/or executable file is the same as that used by the
@code{file} command. @xref{Files, ,file}.
Many options have both long and short forms; both are shown in the
following list. @value{GDBN} also recognizes the long forms if you truncate
them, so long as enough of the option is present to be unambiguous.