murolo / debugger-utils

Utils collection for extending gdb with python

Utilities for extending gdb with python

Usage

1. Download debugger-utils to directory X
2. Put these to your ~/.gdbinit:

python import sys; sys.path.append('$X/debugger-utils')

$X is where debugger-utils lies in. 3. import gdb_utils in your python script.

Example

# Create a gdb commands in hello.py
import gdb_utils


def hello(who, *args):
    """
    Say hello.
    """
    print('hello %s', who)
gdb_utils.define(hello)
#(gdb) so hello.py
#(gdb) hello 'world'

For more examples, see example.

API

GDB commands:

• break
• clear
• commands
• delete
• disable
• define
• enable
• info
• thread
• thread_name
• watch

Other API:

• get_breakpoint
• function
• stop
• register_pprinter
• build_pprinter
• globval
• ty

For more info, see API.md.