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Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1owf0X-0006S1-AI; Sun, 20 Nov 2022 02:44:54 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Richard Stallman on Sat, 19 Nov 2022 20:15:40 -0500) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:248400 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Cc: stefankangas@gmail.com, 58826@debbugs.gnu.org, > dima@secretsauce.net > Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 20:15:40 -0500 > > > The above means that the default-directory of the *gud-FILE* buffer > > will be different depending on whether at gud-gdb's prompt you type > > the GDB command with the program to debug in its absolute file-name > > form: > > > gdb ... /foo/bar/baz ... > > > or you type > > > gdb ... baz ... > > > and let GDB find 'baz' by searching PATH. > > Indeed, that can happen. > > But does GDB have a command to specify the file name of the core dump? Yes, it does. > If it does, can you override that mistaken heuristic choice by specifying > the complete file name of the core dump? No, because the default-directory of the *gud-FILE* buffer is already set by the time you get the GDB prompt. You can, of course, "M-x cd" in the buffer.