show debug-file-directory to show what currently is set as directory containing symbol files. Symbol files are read automagically from this directory if their name (without path) is provided …

The symbol-file command makes gdb forget about any previously loaded symbols (FIXME: only for that inferior? for all of them?) and replaces them by those coming from the specified file.

info files info target info files and info target are synonymous; both print the current target (see section Specifying a Debugging Target), including the names of the executable and core dump …

GDB reads symbols from "symbol files". The usual symbol file is the file containing the program which GDB is debugging. GDB can be directed to use a different file for symbols (with the …

GDB can be directed to use a different file for symbols (with the `symbol-file' command), and it can also read more symbols via the `add-file' and `load' commands, or while reading symbols …

Files (Debugging with GDB)set auto-solib-add mode If mode is on, symbols from all shared object libraries will be loaded automatically when the inferior begins execution, you attach to an …

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 …

Apr 27, 2025 · GNU Debugger (GDB) has a feature where it can load a separate symbols file to make it easier to debug stripped executables. This would allow you to ship stripped binaries, …