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* gdb.texinfo (Output Formats): Mention "info symbol" and provide

a cross-reference to its description.
	(Symbols): Document "info symbol".
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Eli Zaretskii 26 years ago
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2001-03-26 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
* gdb.texinfo (Output Formats): Mention "info symbol" and provide
a cross-reference to its description.
(Symbols): Document "info symbol".
2001-03-21 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
* gdbint.texinfo (Algorithms): New section "Watchpoints" and new

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@item a
@cindex unknown address, locating
@cindex locate address
Print as an address, both absolute in hexadecimal and as an offset from
the nearest preceding symbol. You can use this format used to discover
where (in what function) an unknown address is located:
@ -4650,6 +4651,10 @@ where (in what function) an unknown address is located:
$3 = 0x54320 <_initialize_vx+396>
@end example
@noindent
The command @code{info symbol 0x54320} yields similar results.
@xref{Symbols, info symbol}.
@item c
Regard as an integer and print it as a character constant.
@ -7527,6 +7532,21 @@ Note the contrast with @samp{print &@var{symbol}}, which does not work
at all for a register variable, and for a stack local variable prints
the exact address of the current instantiation of the variable.
@kindex info symbol
@item info symbol @var{addr}
Print the name of a symbol which is stored at the address @var{addr}.
If no symbol is stored exactly at @var{addr}, @value{GDBN} prints the
nearest symbol and an offset from it:
@example
(@value{GDBP}) info symbol 0x54320
_initialize_vx + 396 in section .text
@end example
@noindent
This is the opposite of the @code{info address} command. You can use
it to find out the name of a variable or a function given its address.
@kindex whatis
@item whatis @var{expr}
Print the data type of expression @var{expr}. @var{expr} is not

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