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| <h3 class="section">23.2 Extending <small>GDB</small> using Python</h3> |
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| <p>You can extend <small>GDB</small> using the <a href="http://www.python.org/">Python programming language</a>. This feature is available only if |
| <small>GDB</small> was configured using <samp>--with-python</samp>. |
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| <p>Python scripts used by <small>GDB</small> should be installed in |
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| This directory, known as the <em>python directory</em>, |
| is automatically added to the Python Search Path in order to allow |
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| <p>Additionally, <small>GDB</small> commands and convenience functions which |
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| <samp><var>data-directory</var>/python/gdb/command</samp> or |
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