Re: [Gdb] How do i use GDB other input?

[Fredrik Ohrstrom]

Here is a simple c-program that spawns gdb and sends commands to
it and reads the output back. I hope this is what you need.

//Fredrik

On 12/28/05, Choi, Won Suk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How do i use GDB other input?
>
> I am making small LED program. I wanna use GDB in IDE program.
>
> I tried to use Pipe ( Popen and FIFO Pipe)... But I can't.
>
> GDB Message is "Error Detected ON Stdin"
>
> How I can use other input on GDB?
>
> Redirection? or What? Please Answer.
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// Short example on how to spawn a gdb an send 
// commands to it and get output back from it.
// by Fredrik Öhrström and given to the public domain.

#include<stdio.h>

void startDebugger ();
void stopDebugger ();
char gdbRead ();
void gdbWrite (char c);

void readUntilPrompt (unsigned char *data); // If data is NULL copy to stdout
void writeDebugger (unsigned char*cmd, unsigned char* answer);

int fd_to_debugger, fd_from_debugger, fd_err_from_debugger;

void gdbWrite (char c)
{
  write (fd_to_debugger, &c, 1);
  fsync (fd_to_debugger);
}

char gdbRead ()
{
  char c;
  read (fd_from_debugger, &c, 1);
  return c;
}

void writeDebugger (unsigned char*cmd, unsigned char *answer)
{
  unsigned char a[10000];
  if (answer==NULL) answer = a;

  fprintf (stderr, "COMMAND>%s\n", cmd);
  write (fd_to_debugger, cmd, strlen (cmd));
  write (fd_to_debugger, "\n", 1);
  fsync (fd_to_debugger);
  readUntilPrompt (answer);
  fprintf (stderr, "******\n%s\n******\n", answer);
}

void readUntilPrompt (unsigned char *data)
{
    char buf[256], c;
    char *str = "(gdb)";
    int nof_read, n = strlen (str);
    if (n>255) exit(-1);
    memset (buf, 0, 256);

    while (1)
    {
      memmove(buf, buf+1, n-1);
      nof_read = read (fd_from_debugger, &c, 1);
      if (nof_read!=1) break;
      buf[n-1] = c;
      if (data!=NULL)
      {
	*data = c;
	data++;
      } 
      else
      {
	printf ("%c", c);
      }
      if (buf[n-1]==0) exit(-1);
      if (!strcmp (str, buf)) break;
    }
    if (data!=NULL) *data = 0;
}

void stopDebugger ()
{
  close(fd_to_debugger);
  close(fd_err_from_debugger);
  close(fd_from_debugger);
}
 
void startDebugger ()
{
    unsigned char tmp_string[1024];
    int	stdin_pipe[2];
    int	stdout_pipe[2];
    int	stderr_pipe[2];

    int fork_result;
    int n, i;

    if( (pipe(stdin_pipe) != 0)	|| (pipe(stdout_pipe) != 0) || (pipe(stderr_pipe) != 0))
    {
        fprintf (stderr, "Could not create pipes!\n");
        exit (-1);
    }

    fork_result = fork();
	
    if(fork_result == -1)
    {
      fprintf(stderr, "Fork Failure\n");
      exit(-1);
    }

    if(fork_result == 0)
    {
        // We are child
        close(0); // Close childs stdin	  
	dup(stdin_pipe[0]); // Child now has STDIN that is stdin_pipe[0]
	close(stdin_pipe[0]); 
	close(stdin_pipe[1]); 

	close(1); // Close childs stdout
	dup(stdout_pipe[1]); // Child now has STDOUT that is stdout_pipe[1]
	//setvbuf (stdout, (char*)NULL, _IONBF, 0); // Do not buffer stdout!
	close(stdout_pipe[0]);
	close(stdout_pipe[1]);
	
	close(2); // Close childs STDERR 
	dup(stderr_pipe[1]);
	close(stderr_pipe[0]);
	close(stderr_pipe[1]);
	
	execlp("gdb","gdb", (char *)0);
	
	// If we get here, the execlp failed!
	fprintf (stderr, "Execution of gdb failed!\n");
	exit(-1);
    }
    else
    {
        fd_to_debugger = stdin_pipe[1]; // Write to stdin
	fd_from_debugger = stdout_pipe[0]; // Read from stdout
	fd_err_from_debugger = stderr_pipe[0]; // Read from stderr
	
        close(stdin_pipe[0]);  // No reads from stdin
	close(stdout_pipe[1]); // No writes to stdout
	close(stderr_pipe[1]); // No writes to stderr
	
	readUntilPrompt (NULL);
    }
}


int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
  startDebugger();
  writeDebugger("info shared", NULL);
  stopDebugger();
}

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