1<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> 2<html> 3<!-- Copyright (C) 1988-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 4 5Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document 6under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or 7any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the 8Invariant Sections being "Free Software" and "Free Software Needs 9Free Documentation", with the Front-Cover Texts being "A GNU Manual," 10and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. 11 12(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You are free to copy and modify 13this GNU Manual. Buying copies from GNU Press supports the FSF in 14developing GNU and promoting software freedom." --> 15<!-- Created by GNU Texinfo 5.1, http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ --> 16<head> 17<title>Debugging with GDB: Save Breakpoints</title> 18 19<meta name="description" content="Debugging with GDB: Save Breakpoints"> 20<meta name="keywords" content="Debugging with GDB: Save Breakpoints"> 21<meta name="resource-type" content="document"> 22<meta name="distribution" content="global"> 23<meta name="Generator" content="makeinfo"> 24<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> 25<link href="index.html#Top" rel="start" title="Top"> 26<link href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" rel="index" title="Concept Index"> 27<link href="index.html#SEC_Contents" rel="contents" title="Table of Contents"> 28<link href="Breakpoints.html#Breakpoints" rel="up" title="Breakpoints"> 29<link href="Static-Probe-Points.html#Static-Probe-Points" rel="next" title="Static Probe Points"> 30<link href="Dynamic-printf.html#Dynamic-printf" rel="previous" title="Dynamic printf"> 31<style type="text/css"> 32<!-- 33a.summary-letter {text-decoration: none} 34blockquote.smallquotation {font-size: smaller} 35div.display {margin-left: 3.2em} 36div.example {margin-left: 3.2em} 37div.indentedblock {margin-left: 3.2em} 38div.lisp {margin-left: 3.2em} 39div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em} 40div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em} 41div.smallindentedblock {margin-left: 3.2em; font-size: smaller} 42div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em} 43kbd {font-style:oblique} 44pre.display {font-family: inherit} 45pre.format {font-family: inherit} 46pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif} 47pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif} 48pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller} 49pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller} 50pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller} 51pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller} 52span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap} 53span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap} 54span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal} 55span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal} 56ul.no-bullet {list-style: none} 57--> 58</style> 59 60 61</head> 62 63<body lang="en" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080" alink="#FF0000"> 64<a name="Save-Breakpoints"></a> 65<div class="header"> 66<p> 67Next: <a href="Static-Probe-Points.html#Static-Probe-Points" accesskey="n" rel="next">Static Probe Points</a>, Previous: <a href="Dynamic-printf.html#Dynamic-printf" accesskey="p" rel="previous">Dynamic printf</a>, Up: <a href="Breakpoints.html#Breakpoints" accesskey="u" rel="up">Breakpoints</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> 68</div> 69<hr> 70<a name="How-to-Save-Breakpoints-to-a-File"></a> 71<h4 class="subsection">5.1.9 How to Save Breakpoints to a File</h4> 72 73<p>To save breakpoint definitions to a file use the <code>save breakpoints</code><!-- /@w --> command. 74</p> 75<dl compact="compact"> 76<dd><a name="index-save-breakpoints"></a> 77<a name="index-save-breakpoints-to-a-file-for-future-sessions"></a> 78</dd> 79<dt><code>save breakpoints [<var>filename</var>]</code></dt> 80<dd><p>This command saves all current breakpoint definitions together with 81their commands and ignore counts, into a file <samp><var>filename</var></samp> 82suitable for use in a later debugging session. This includes all 83types of breakpoints (breakpoints, watchpoints, catchpoints, 84tracepoints). To read the saved breakpoint definitions, use the 85<code>source</code> command (see <a href="Command-Files.html#Command-Files">Command Files</a>). Note that watchpoints 86with expressions involving local variables may fail to be recreated 87because it may not be possible to access the context where the 88watchpoint is valid anymore. Because the saved breakpoint definitions 89are simply a sequence of <small>GDB</small> commands that recreate the 90breakpoints, you can edit the file in your favorite editing program, 91and remove the breakpoint definitions you’re not interested in, or 92that can no longer be recreated. 93</p></dd> 94</dl> 95 96 97 98 99</body> 100</html> 101