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1 /* Work with executable files, for GDB.
2
3 Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
4 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5
6 This file is part of GDB.
7
8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
11 (at your option) any later version.
12
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
17
18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
21 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
22
23 #include "defs.h"
24 #include "frame.h"
25 #include "inferior.h"
26 #include "target.h"
27 #include "gdbcmd.h"
28 #include "language.h"
29 #include "symfile.h"
30 #include "objfiles.h"
31 #include "completer.h"
32 #include "value.h"
33 #include "exec.h"
34 #include "observer.h"
35
36 #include <fcntl.h>
37 #include "readline/readline.h"
38 #include "gdb_string.h"
39
40 #include "gdbcore.h"
41
42 #include <ctype.h>
43 #include "gdb_stat.h"
44
45 #include "xcoffsolib.h"
46
47 struct vmap *map_vmap (bfd *, bfd *);
48
49 void (*deprecated_file_changed_hook) (char *);
50
51 /* Prototypes for local functions */
52
53 static void exec_close (int);
54
55 static void file_command (char *, int);
56
57 static void set_section_command (char *, int);
58
59 static void exec_files_info (struct target_ops *);
60
61 static void init_exec_ops (void);
62
63 void _initialize_exec (void);
64
65 /* The target vector for executable files. */
66
67 struct target_ops exec_ops;
68
69 /* The Binary File Descriptor handle for the executable file. */
70
71 bfd *exec_bfd = NULL;
72
73 /* Whether to open exec and core files read-only or read-write. */
74
75 int write_files = 0;
76 static void
77 show_write_files (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
78 struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
79 {
80 fprintf_filtered (file, _("Writing into executable and core files is %s.\n"),
81 value);
82 }
83
84
85 struct vmap *vmap;
86
87 static void
88 exec_open (char *args, int from_tty)
89 {
90 target_preopen (from_tty);
91 exec_file_attach (args, from_tty);
92 }
93
94 static void
95 exec_close (int quitting)
96 {
97 int need_symtab_cleanup = 0;
98 struct vmap *vp, *nxt;
99
100 for (nxt = vmap; nxt != NULL;)
101 {
102 vp = nxt;
103 nxt = vp->nxt;
104
105 /* if there is an objfile associated with this bfd,
106 free_objfile() will do proper cleanup of objfile *and* bfd. */
107
108 if (vp->objfile)
109 {
110 free_objfile (vp->objfile);
111 need_symtab_cleanup = 1;
112 }
113 else if (vp->bfd != exec_bfd)
114 /* FIXME-leak: We should be freeing vp->name too, I think. */
115 if (!bfd_close (vp->bfd))
116 warning (_("cannot close \"%s\": %s"),
117 vp->name, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
118
119 /* FIXME: This routine is #if 0'd in symfile.c. What should we
120 be doing here? Should we just free everything in
121 vp->objfile->symtabs? Should free_objfile do that?
122 FIXME-as-well: free_objfile already free'd vp->name, so it isn't
123 valid here. */
124 free_named_symtabs (vp->name);
125 xfree (vp);
126 }
127
128 vmap = NULL;
129
130 if (exec_bfd)
131 {
132 char *name = bfd_get_filename (exec_bfd);
133
134 if (!bfd_close (exec_bfd))
135 warning (_("cannot close \"%s\": %s"),
136 name, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
137 xfree (name);
138 exec_bfd = NULL;
139 }
140
141 if (exec_ops.to_sections)
142 {
143 xfree (exec_ops.to_sections);
144 exec_ops.to_sections = NULL;
145 exec_ops.to_sections_end = NULL;
146 }
147 }
148
149 void
150 exec_file_clear (int from_tty)
151 {
152 /* Remove exec file. */
153 unpush_target (&exec_ops);
154
155 if (from_tty)
156 printf_unfiltered (_("No executable file now.\n"));
157 }
158
159 /* Process the first arg in ARGS as the new exec file.
160
161 This function is intended to be behave essentially the same
162 as exec_file_command, except that the latter will detect when
163 a target is being debugged, and will ask the user whether it
164 should be shut down first. (If the answer is "no", then the
165 new file is ignored.)
166
167 This file is used by exec_file_command, to do the work of opening
168 and processing the exec file after any prompting has happened.
169
170 And, it is used by child_attach, when the attach command was
171 given a pid but not a exec pathname, and the attach command could
172 figure out the pathname from the pid. (In this case, we shouldn't
173 ask the user whether the current target should be shut down --
174 we're supplying the exec pathname late for good reason.)
175
176 ARGS is assumed to be the filename. */
177
178 void
179 exec_file_attach (char *filename, int from_tty)
180 {
181 /* Remove any previous exec file. */
182 unpush_target (&exec_ops);
183
184 /* Now open and digest the file the user requested, if any. */
185
186 if (!filename)
187 {
188 if (from_tty)
189 printf_unfiltered (_("No executable file now.\n"));
190
191 set_gdbarch_from_file (NULL);
192 }
193 else
194 {
195 char *scratch_pathname;
196 int scratch_chan;
197
198 scratch_chan = openp (getenv ("PATH"), OPF_TRY_CWD_FIRST, filename,
199 write_files ? O_RDWR | O_BINARY : O_RDONLY | O_BINARY, 0,
200 &scratch_pathname);
201 #if defined(__GO32__) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
202 if (scratch_chan < 0)
203 {
204 char *exename = alloca (strlen (filename) + 5);
205 strcat (strcpy (exename, filename), ".exe");
206 scratch_chan = openp (getenv ("PATH"), OPF_TRY_CWD_FIRST, exename,
207 write_files ? O_RDWR | O_BINARY : O_RDONLY | O_BINARY, 0,
208 &scratch_pathname);
209 }
210 #endif
211 if (scratch_chan < 0)
212 perror_with_name (filename);
213 exec_bfd = bfd_fopen (scratch_pathname, gnutarget,
214 write_files ? FOPEN_RUB : FOPEN_RB,
215 scratch_chan);
216
217 if (!exec_bfd)
218 error (_("\"%s\": could not open as an executable file: %s"),
219 scratch_pathname, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
220
221 /* At this point, scratch_pathname and exec_bfd->name both point to the
222 same malloc'd string. However exec_close() will attempt to free it
223 via the exec_bfd->name pointer, so we need to make another copy and
224 leave exec_bfd as the new owner of the original copy. */
225 scratch_pathname = xstrdup (scratch_pathname);
226 make_cleanup (xfree, scratch_pathname);
227
228 if (!bfd_check_format (exec_bfd, bfd_object))
229 {
230 /* Make sure to close exec_bfd, or else "run" might try to use
231 it. */
232 exec_close (0);
233 error (_("\"%s\": not in executable format: %s"),
234 scratch_pathname, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
235 }
236
237 /* FIXME - This should only be run for RS6000, but the ifdef is a poor
238 way to accomplish. */
239 #ifdef DEPRECATED_IBM6000_TARGET
240 /* Setup initial vmap. */
241
242 map_vmap (exec_bfd, 0);
243 if (vmap == NULL)
244 {
245 /* Make sure to close exec_bfd, or else "run" might try to use
246 it. */
247 exec_close (0);
248 error (_("\"%s\": can't find the file sections: %s"),
249 scratch_pathname, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
250 }
251 #endif /* DEPRECATED_IBM6000_TARGET */
252
253 if (build_section_table (exec_bfd, &exec_ops.to_sections,
254 &exec_ops.to_sections_end))
255 {
256 /* Make sure to close exec_bfd, or else "run" might try to use
257 it. */
258 exec_close (0);
259 error (_("\"%s\": can't find the file sections: %s"),
260 scratch_pathname, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
261 }
262
263 validate_files ();
264
265 set_gdbarch_from_file (exec_bfd);
266
267 push_target (&exec_ops);
268
269 /* Tell display code (if any) about the changed file name. */
270 if (deprecated_exec_file_display_hook)
271 (*deprecated_exec_file_display_hook) (filename);
272 }
273 bfd_cache_close_all ();
274 observer_notify_executable_changed (NULL);
275 }
276
277 /* Process the first arg in ARGS as the new exec file.
278
279 Note that we have to explicitly ignore additional args, since we can
280 be called from file_command(), which also calls symbol_file_command()
281 which can take multiple args.
282
283 If ARGS is NULL, we just want to close the exec file. */
284
285 static void
286 exec_file_command (char *args, int from_tty)
287 {
288 char **argv;
289 char *filename;
290
291 if (from_tty && target_has_execution
292 && !query (_("A program is being debugged already.\n"
293 "Are you sure you want to change the file? ")))
294 error (_("File not changed."));
295
296 if (args)
297 {
298 /* Scan through the args and pick up the first non option arg
299 as the filename. */
300
301 argv = buildargv (args);
302 if (argv == NULL)
303 nomem (0);
304
305 make_cleanup_freeargv (argv);
306
307 for (; (*argv != NULL) && (**argv == '-'); argv++)
308 {;
309 }
310 if (*argv == NULL)
311 error (_("No executable file name was specified"));
312
313 filename = tilde_expand (*argv);
314 make_cleanup (xfree, filename);
315 exec_file_attach (filename, from_tty);
316 }
317 else
318 exec_file_attach (NULL, from_tty);
319 }
320
321 /* Set both the exec file and the symbol file, in one command.
322 What a novelty. Why did GDB go through four major releases before this
323 command was added? */
324
325 static void
326 file_command (char *arg, int from_tty)
327 {
328 /* FIXME, if we lose on reading the symbol file, we should revert
329 the exec file, but that's rough. */
330 exec_file_command (arg, from_tty);
331 symbol_file_command (arg, from_tty);
332 if (deprecated_file_changed_hook)
333 deprecated_file_changed_hook (arg);
334 }
335 \f
336
337 /* Locate all mappable sections of a BFD file.
338 table_pp_char is a char * to get it through bfd_map_over_sections;
339 we cast it back to its proper type. */
340
341 static void
342 add_to_section_table (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_section *asect,
343 void *table_pp_char)
344 {
345 struct section_table **table_pp = (struct section_table **) table_pp_char;
346 flagword aflag;
347
348 aflag = bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, asect);
349 if (!(aflag & SEC_ALLOC))
350 return;
351 if (0 == bfd_section_size (abfd, asect))
352 return;
353 (*table_pp)->bfd = abfd;
354 (*table_pp)->the_bfd_section = asect;
355 (*table_pp)->addr = bfd_section_vma (abfd, asect);
356 (*table_pp)->endaddr = (*table_pp)->addr + bfd_section_size (abfd, asect);
357 (*table_pp)++;
358 }
359
360 /* Builds a section table, given args BFD, SECTABLE_PTR, SECEND_PTR.
361 Returns 0 if OK, 1 on error. */
362
363 int
364 build_section_table (struct bfd *some_bfd, struct section_table **start,
365 struct section_table **end)
366 {
367 unsigned count;
368
369 count = bfd_count_sections (some_bfd);
370 if (*start)
371 xfree (* start);
372 *start = (struct section_table *) xmalloc (count * sizeof (**start));
373 *end = *start;
374 bfd_map_over_sections (some_bfd, add_to_section_table, (char *) end);
375 if (*end > *start + count)
376 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, _("failed internal consistency check"));
377 /* We could realloc the table, but it probably loses for most files. */
378 return 0;
379 }
380 \f
381 static void
382 bfdsec_to_vmap (struct bfd *abfd, struct bfd_section *sect, void *arg3)
383 {
384 struct vmap_and_bfd *vmap_bfd = (struct vmap_and_bfd *) arg3;
385 struct vmap *vp;
386
387 vp = vmap_bfd->pvmap;
388
389 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sect) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
390 return;
391
392 if (strcmp (bfd_section_name (abfd, sect), ".text") == 0)
393 {
394 vp->tstart = bfd_section_vma (abfd, sect);
395 vp->tend = vp->tstart + bfd_section_size (abfd, sect);
396 vp->tvma = bfd_section_vma (abfd, sect);
397 vp->toffs = sect->filepos;
398 }
399 else if (strcmp (bfd_section_name (abfd, sect), ".data") == 0)
400 {
401 vp->dstart = bfd_section_vma (abfd, sect);
402 vp->dend = vp->dstart + bfd_section_size (abfd, sect);
403 vp->dvma = bfd_section_vma (abfd, sect);
404 }
405 /* Silently ignore other types of sections. (FIXME?) */
406 }
407
408 /* Make a vmap for ABFD which might be a member of the archive ARCH.
409 Return the new vmap. */
410
411 struct vmap *
412 map_vmap (bfd *abfd, bfd *arch)
413 {
414 struct vmap_and_bfd vmap_bfd;
415 struct vmap *vp, **vpp;
416
417 vp = (struct vmap *) xmalloc (sizeof (*vp));
418 memset ((char *) vp, '\0', sizeof (*vp));
419 vp->nxt = 0;
420 vp->bfd = abfd;
421 vp->name = bfd_get_filename (arch ? arch : abfd);
422 vp->member = arch ? bfd_get_filename (abfd) : "";
423
424 vmap_bfd.pbfd = arch;
425 vmap_bfd.pvmap = vp;
426 bfd_map_over_sections (abfd, bfdsec_to_vmap, &vmap_bfd);
427
428 /* Find the end of the list and append. */
429 for (vpp = &vmap; *vpp; vpp = &(*vpp)->nxt)
430 ;
431 *vpp = vp;
432
433 return vp;
434 }
435 \f
436 /* Read or write the exec file.
437
438 Args are address within a BFD file, address within gdb address-space,
439 length, and a flag indicating whether to read or write.
440
441 Result is a length:
442
443 0: We cannot handle this address and length.
444 > 0: We have handled N bytes starting at this address.
445 (If N == length, we did it all.) We might be able
446 to handle more bytes beyond this length, but no
447 promises.
448 < 0: We cannot handle this address, but if somebody
449 else handles (-N) bytes, we can start from there.
450
451 The same routine is used to handle both core and exec files;
452 we just tail-call it with more arguments to select between them. */
453
454 int
455 xfer_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, int len, int write,
456 struct mem_attrib *attrib, struct target_ops *target)
457 {
458 int res;
459 struct section_table *p;
460 CORE_ADDR nextsectaddr, memend;
461 asection *section = NULL;
462
463 if (len <= 0)
464 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, _("failed internal consistency check"));
465
466 if (overlay_debugging)
467 {
468 section = find_pc_overlay (memaddr);
469 if (pc_in_unmapped_range (memaddr, section))
470 memaddr = overlay_mapped_address (memaddr, section);
471 }
472
473 memend = memaddr + len;
474 nextsectaddr = memend;
475
476 for (p = target->to_sections; p < target->to_sections_end; p++)
477 {
478 if (overlay_debugging && section && p->the_bfd_section &&
479 strcmp (section->name, p->the_bfd_section->name) != 0)
480 continue; /* not the section we need */
481 if (memaddr >= p->addr)
482 {
483 if (memend <= p->endaddr)
484 {
485 /* Entire transfer is within this section. */
486 if (write)
487 res = bfd_set_section_contents (p->bfd, p->the_bfd_section,
488 myaddr, memaddr - p->addr,
489 len);
490 else
491 res = bfd_get_section_contents (p->bfd, p->the_bfd_section,
492 myaddr, memaddr - p->addr,
493 len);
494 return (res != 0) ? len : 0;
495 }
496 else if (memaddr >= p->endaddr)
497 {
498 /* This section ends before the transfer starts. */
499 continue;
500 }
501 else
502 {
503 /* This section overlaps the transfer. Just do half. */
504 len = p->endaddr - memaddr;
505 if (write)
506 res = bfd_set_section_contents (p->bfd, p->the_bfd_section,
507 myaddr, memaddr - p->addr,
508 len);
509 else
510 res = bfd_get_section_contents (p->bfd, p->the_bfd_section,
511 myaddr, memaddr - p->addr,
512 len);
513 return (res != 0) ? len : 0;
514 }
515 }
516 else
517 nextsectaddr = min (nextsectaddr, p->addr);
518 }
519
520 if (nextsectaddr >= memend)
521 return 0; /* We can't help */
522 else
523 return -(nextsectaddr - memaddr); /* Next boundary where we can help */
524 }
525 \f
526
527 void
528 print_section_info (struct target_ops *t, bfd *abfd)
529 {
530 struct section_table *p;
531 /* FIXME: 16 is not wide enough when TARGET_ADDR_BIT > 64. */
532 int wid = TARGET_ADDR_BIT <= 32 ? 8 : 16;
533
534 printf_filtered ("\t`%s', ", bfd_get_filename (abfd));
535 wrap_here (" ");
536 printf_filtered (_("file type %s.\n"), bfd_get_target (abfd));
537 if (abfd == exec_bfd)
538 {
539 printf_filtered (_("\tEntry point: "));
540 deprecated_print_address_numeric (bfd_get_start_address (abfd), 1, gdb_stdout);
541 printf_filtered ("\n");
542 }
543 for (p = t->to_sections; p < t->to_sections_end; p++)
544 {
545 printf_filtered ("\t%s", hex_string_custom (p->addr, wid));
546 printf_filtered (" - %s", hex_string_custom (p->endaddr, wid));
547
548 /* FIXME: A format of "08l" is not wide enough for file offsets
549 larger than 4GB. OTOH, making it "016l" isn't desirable either
550 since most output will then be much wider than necessary. It
551 may make sense to test the size of the file and choose the
552 format string accordingly. */
553 /* FIXME: i18n: Need to rewrite this sentence. */
554 if (info_verbose)
555 printf_filtered (" @ %s",
556 hex_string_custom (p->the_bfd_section->filepos, 8));
557 printf_filtered (" is %s", bfd_section_name (p->bfd, p->the_bfd_section));
558 if (p->bfd != abfd)
559 printf_filtered (" in %s", bfd_get_filename (p->bfd));
560 printf_filtered ("\n");
561 }
562 }
563
564 static void
565 exec_files_info (struct target_ops *t)
566 {
567 print_section_info (t, exec_bfd);
568
569 if (vmap)
570 {
571 struct vmap *vp;
572
573 printf_unfiltered (_("\tMapping info for file `%s'.\n"), vmap->name);
574 printf_unfiltered ("\t %*s %*s %*s %*s %8.8s %s\n",
575 strlen_paddr (), "tstart",
576 strlen_paddr (), "tend",
577 strlen_paddr (), "dstart",
578 strlen_paddr (), "dend",
579 "section",
580 "file(member)");
581
582 for (vp = vmap; vp; vp = vp->nxt)
583 printf_unfiltered ("\t0x%s 0x%s 0x%s 0x%s %s%s%s%s\n",
584 paddr (vp->tstart),
585 paddr (vp->tend),
586 paddr (vp->dstart),
587 paddr (vp->dend),
588 vp->name,
589 *vp->member ? "(" : "", vp->member,
590 *vp->member ? ")" : "");
591 }
592 }
593
594 /* msnyder 5/21/99:
595 exec_set_section_offsets sets the offsets of all the sections
596 in the exec objfile. */
597
598 void
599 exec_set_section_offsets (bfd_signed_vma text_off, bfd_signed_vma data_off,
600 bfd_signed_vma bss_off)
601 {
602 struct section_table *sect;
603
604 for (sect = exec_ops.to_sections;
605 sect < exec_ops.to_sections_end;
606 sect++)
607 {
608 flagword flags;
609
610 flags = bfd_get_section_flags (exec_bfd, sect->the_bfd_section);
611
612 if (flags & SEC_CODE)
613 {
614 sect->addr += text_off;
615 sect->endaddr += text_off;
616 }
617 else if (flags & (SEC_DATA | SEC_LOAD))
618 {
619 sect->addr += data_off;
620 sect->endaddr += data_off;
621 }
622 else if (flags & SEC_ALLOC)
623 {
624 sect->addr += bss_off;
625 sect->endaddr += bss_off;
626 }
627 }
628 }
629
630 static void
631 set_section_command (char *args, int from_tty)
632 {
633 struct section_table *p;
634 char *secname;
635 unsigned seclen;
636 unsigned long secaddr;
637 char secprint[100];
638 long offset;
639
640 if (args == 0)
641 error (_("Must specify section name and its virtual address"));
642
643 /* Parse out section name */
644 for (secname = args; !isspace (*args); args++);
645 seclen = args - secname;
646
647 /* Parse out new virtual address */
648 secaddr = parse_and_eval_address (args);
649
650 for (p = exec_ops.to_sections; p < exec_ops.to_sections_end; p++)
651 {
652 if (!strncmp (secname, bfd_section_name (exec_bfd, p->the_bfd_section), seclen)
653 && bfd_section_name (exec_bfd, p->the_bfd_section)[seclen] == '\0')
654 {
655 offset = secaddr - p->addr;
656 p->addr += offset;
657 p->endaddr += offset;
658 if (from_tty)
659 exec_files_info (&exec_ops);
660 return;
661 }
662 }
663 if (seclen >= sizeof (secprint))
664 seclen = sizeof (secprint) - 1;
665 strncpy (secprint, secname, seclen);
666 secprint[seclen] = '\0';
667 error (_("Section %s not found"), secprint);
668 }
669
670 /* If we can find a section in FILENAME with BFD index INDEX, and the
671 user has not assigned an address to it yet (via "set section"), adjust it
672 to ADDRESS. */
673
674 void
675 exec_set_section_address (const char *filename, int index, CORE_ADDR address)
676 {
677 struct section_table *p;
678
679 for (p = exec_ops.to_sections; p < exec_ops.to_sections_end; p++)
680 {
681 if (strcmp (filename, p->bfd->filename) == 0
682 && index == p->the_bfd_section->index
683 && p->addr == 0)
684 {
685 p->addr = address;
686 p->endaddr += address;
687 }
688 }
689 }
690
691 /* If mourn is being called in all the right places, this could be say
692 `gdb internal error' (since generic_mourn calls
693 breakpoint_init_inferior). */
694
695 static int
696 ignore (struct bp_target_info *bp_tgt)
697 {
698 return 0;
699 }
700
701 /* Find mapped memory. */
702
703 extern void
704 exec_set_find_memory_regions (int (*func) (int (*) (CORE_ADDR,
705 unsigned long,
706 int, int, int,
707 void *),
708 void *))
709 {
710 exec_ops.to_find_memory_regions = func;
711 }
712
713 static char *exec_make_note_section (bfd *, int *);
714
715 /* Fill in the exec file target vector. Very few entries need to be
716 defined. */
717
718 static void
719 init_exec_ops (void)
720 {
721 exec_ops.to_shortname = "exec";
722 exec_ops.to_longname = "Local exec file";
723 exec_ops.to_doc = "Use an executable file as a target.\n\
724 Specify the filename of the executable file.";
725 exec_ops.to_open = exec_open;
726 exec_ops.to_close = exec_close;
727 exec_ops.to_attach = find_default_attach;
728 exec_ops.deprecated_xfer_memory = xfer_memory;
729 exec_ops.to_files_info = exec_files_info;
730 exec_ops.to_insert_breakpoint = ignore;
731 exec_ops.to_remove_breakpoint = ignore;
732 exec_ops.to_create_inferior = find_default_create_inferior;
733 exec_ops.to_stratum = file_stratum;
734 exec_ops.to_has_memory = 1;
735 exec_ops.to_make_corefile_notes = exec_make_note_section;
736 exec_ops.to_magic = OPS_MAGIC;
737 }
738
739 void
740 _initialize_exec (void)
741 {
742 struct cmd_list_element *c;
743
744 init_exec_ops ();
745
746 if (!dbx_commands)
747 {
748 c = add_cmd ("file", class_files, file_command, _("\
749 Use FILE as program to be debugged.\n\
750 It is read for its symbols, for getting the contents of pure memory,\n\
751 and it is the program executed when you use the `run' command.\n\
752 If FILE cannot be found as specified, your execution directory path\n\
753 ($PATH) is searched for a command of that name.\n\
754 No arg means to have no executable file and no symbols."), &cmdlist);
755 set_cmd_completer (c, filename_completer);
756 }
757
758 c = add_cmd ("exec-file", class_files, exec_file_command, _("\
759 Use FILE as program for getting contents of pure memory.\n\
760 If FILE cannot be found as specified, your execution directory path\n\
761 is searched for a command of that name.\n\
762 No arg means have no executable file."), &cmdlist);
763 set_cmd_completer (c, filename_completer);
764
765 add_com ("section", class_files, set_section_command, _("\
766 Change the base address of section SECTION of the exec file to ADDR.\n\
767 This can be used if the exec file does not contain section addresses,\n\
768 (such as in the a.out format), or when the addresses specified in the\n\
769 file itself are wrong. Each section must be changed separately. The\n\
770 ``info files'' command lists all the sections and their addresses."));
771
772 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("write", class_support, &write_files, _("\
773 Set writing into executable and core files."), _("\
774 Show writing into executable and core files."), NULL,
775 NULL,
776 show_write_files,
777 &setlist, &showlist);
778
779 add_target (&exec_ops);
780 }
781
782 static char *
783 exec_make_note_section (bfd *obfd, int *note_size)
784 {
785 error (_("Can't create a corefile"));
786 }