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Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 17:01:58 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
From: Michael A Chase <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
Subject:  Re: Mysterious gdb behavior.
To: derbyshire AT globalserve DOT net, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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On Sat, 27 Jul 2002 19:41:57 -0400 Paul Derbyshire <derbyshire AT globalserve DOT net> wrote:

> On 27 Jul 2002 at 16:26, Nicholas Wourms wrote:
> 
> > 
> > --- Paul Derbyshire <derbyshire AT globalserve DOT net> wrote:
> > > On 27 Jul 2002 at 6:50, Sylvain Petreolle wrote:
> > > . . .
> > > Starting program: /home/Paul Derbyshire/antheria/hw.exe
> > > Error creating process /home/Paul Derbyshire/antheria/hw.exe,
> >                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > *SIGH*  Looks like someone didn't read the FAQ...
> 
> Excuse me? Should I not be trying to gdb executables under /home, or 
> something?

Try looking at it with a fixed pitch font.  I suspect he's pointing out
that gdb, like many UNIX programs, doesn't deal well with spaces in file or
directory names.

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