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 19.2 Commands for Managing Targets
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 `target TYPE PARAMETERS'
      Connects the GDB host environment to a target machine or process.
      A target is typically a protocol for talking to debugging
      facilities.  You use the argument TYPE to specify the type or
      protocol of the target machine.
 
      Further PARAMETERS are interpreted by the target protocol, but
      typically include things like device names or host names to connect
      with, process numbers, and baud rates.
 
      The `target' command does not repeat if you press <RET> again
      after executing the command.
 
 `help target'
      Displays the names of all targets available.  To display targets
      currently selected, use either `info target' or `info files'
      ( Commands to Specify Files Files.).
 
 `help target NAME'
      Describe a particular target, including any parameters necessary to
      select it.
 
 `set gnutarget ARGS'
      GDB uses its own library BFD to read your files.  GDB knows
      whether it is reading an "executable", a "core", or a ".o" file;
      however, you can specify the file format with the `set gnutarget'
      command.  Unlike most `target' commands, with `gnutarget' the
      `target' refers to a program, not a machine.
 
           _Warning:_ To specify a file format with `set gnutarget', you
           must know the actual BFD name.
 
       Commands to Specify Files Files.
 
 `show gnutarget'
      Use the `show gnutarget' command to display what file format
      `gnutarget' is set to read.  If you have not set `gnutarget', GDB
      will determine the file format for each file automatically, and
      `show gnutarget' displays `The current BDF target is "auto"'.
 
    Here are some common targets (available, or not, depending on the GDB
 configuration):
 
 `target exec PROGRAM'
      An executable file.  `target exec PROGRAM' is the same as
      `exec-file PROGRAM'.
 
 `target core FILENAME'
      A core dump file.  `target core FILENAME' is the same as
      `core-file FILENAME'.
 
 `target remote MEDIUM'
      A remote system connected to GDB via a serial line or network
      connection.  This command tells GDB to use its own remote protocol
      over MEDIUM for debugging.   Remote Debugging.
 
      For example, if you have a board connected to `/dev/ttya' on the
      machine running GDB, you could say:
 
           target remote /dev/ttya
 
      `target remote' supports the `load' command.  This is only useful
      if you have some other way of getting the stub to the target
      system, and you can put it somewhere in memory where it won't get
      clobbered by the download.
 
 `target sim [SIMARGS] ...'
      Builtin CPU simulator.  GDB includes simulators for most
      architectures.  In general,
                   target sim
                   load
                   run
      works; however, you cannot assume that a specific memory map,
      device drivers, or even basic I/O is available, although some
      simulators do provide these.  For info about any
      processor-specific simulator details, see the appropriate section
      in  Embedded Processors Embedded Processors.
 
 
    Some configurations may include these targets as well:
 
 `target nrom DEV'
      NetROM ROM emulator.  This target only supports downloading.
 
 
    Different targets are available on different configurations of GDB;
 your configuration may have more or fewer targets.
 
    Many remote targets require you to download the executable's code
 once you've successfully established a connection.  You may wish to
 control various aspects of this process.
 
 `set hash'
      This command controls whether a hash mark `#' is displayed while
      downloading a file to the remote monitor.  If on, a hash mark is
      displayed after each S-record is successfully downloaded to the
      monitor.
 
 `show hash'
      Show the current status of displaying the hash mark.
 
 `set debug monitor'
      Enable or disable display of communications messages between GDB
      and the remote monitor.
 
 `show debug monitor'
      Show the current status of displaying communications between GDB
      and the remote monitor.
 
 `load FILENAME'
      Depending on what remote debugging facilities are configured into
      GDB, the `load' command may be available.  Where it exists, it is
      meant to make FILENAME (an executable) available for debugging on
      the remote system--by downloading, or dynamic linking, for example.
      `load' also records the FILENAME symbol table in GDB, like the
      `add-symbol-file' command.
 
      If your GDB does not have a `load' command, attempting to execute
      it gets the error message "`You can't do that when your target is
      ...'"
 
      The file is loaded at whatever address is specified in the
      executable.  For some object file formats, you can specify the
      load address when you link the program; for other formats, like
      a.out, the object file format specifies a fixed address.
 
      Depending on the remote side capabilities, GDB may be able to load
      programs into flash memory.
 
      `load' does not repeat if you press <RET> again after using it.
 

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