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* gdb.texinfo (Server): Mention pidof.

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2003-07-24 Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Server): Mention pidof.
2003-07-22 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
* gdbint.texinfo (Coding): Add -Wformat-nonliteral to -Werror

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@ -10746,6 +10746,19 @@ target> gdbserver @var{comm} --attach @var{pid}
@var{pid} is the process ID of a currently running process. It isn't necessary
to point @code{gdbserver} at a binary for the running process.
@pindex pidof
@cindex attach to a program by name
You can debug processes by name instead of process ID if your target has the
@code{pidof} utility:
@smallexample
target> gdbserver @var{comm} --attach `pidof @var{PROGRAM}`
@end smallexample
In case more than one copy of @var{PROGRAM} is running, or @var{PROGRAM}
has multiple threads, most versions of @code{pidof} support the
@code{-s} option to only return the first process ID.
@item On the host machine,
connect to your target (@pxref{Connecting,,Connecting to a remote target}).
For TCP connections, you must start up @code{gdbserver} prior to using