gdb-add-index(1) — Linux manual page
GDB-ADD-INDEX(1) GNU Development Tools GDB-ADD-INDEX(1)
NAME
gdb-add-index - Add index files to speed up GDB
SYNOPSIS
gdb-add-index filename
DESCRIPTION
When GDB finds a symbol file, it scans the symbols in the file in
order to construct an internal symbol table. This lets most GDB
operations work quickly--at the cost of a delay early on. For
large programs, this delay can be quite lengthy, so GDB provides
a way to build an index, which speeds up startup.
To determine whether a file contains such an index, use the
command "readelf -S filename": the index is stored in a section
named ".gdb_index". The index file can only be produced on
systems which use ELF binaries and DWARF debug information (i.e.,
sections named ".debug_*").
gdb-add-index uses GDB and objdump found in the PATH environment
variable. If you want to use different versions of these
programs, you can specify them through the GDB and OBJDUMP
environment variables.
See more in the GDB manual in node "Index Files" -- shell command
"info -f gdb -n "Index Files"".
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for GDB is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the "info" and "gdb" programs and GDB's Texinfo documentation
are properly installed at your site, the command
info gdb
should give you access to the complete manual.
Using GDB: A Guide to the GNU Source-Level Debugger, Richard M.
Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991.
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