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The default behavior is to read the 75description from the target. <small>GDB</small> retrieves it via the remote 76protocol using ‘<samp>qXfer</samp>’ requests (see <a href="General-Query-Packets.html#General-Query-Packets">qXfer</a>). The <var>annex</var> in the ‘<samp>qXfer</samp>’ packet will be 77‘<samp>target.xml</samp>’. The contents of the ‘<samp>target.xml</samp>’ annex are an 78XML document, of the form described in <a href="Target-Description-Format.html#Target-Description-Format">Target Description Format</a>. 79</p> 80<p>Alternatively, you can specify a file to read for the target description. 81If a file is set, the target will not be queried. The commands to 82specify a file are: 83</p> 84<dl compact="compact"> 85<dd><a name="index-set-tdesc-filename"></a> 86</dd> 87<dt><code>set tdesc filename <var>path</var></code></dt> 88<dd><p>Read the target description from <var>path</var>. 89</p> 90<a name="index-unset-tdesc-filename"></a> 91</dd> 92<dt><code>unset tdesc filename</code></dt> 93<dd><p>Do not read the XML target description from a file. <small>GDB</small> 94will use the description supplied by the current target. 95</p> 96<a name="index-show-tdesc-filename"></a> 97</dd> 98<dt><code>show tdesc filename</code></dt> 99<dd><p>Show the filename to read for a target description, if any. 100</p></dd> 101</dl> 102 103 104 105 106 107</body> 108</html> 109