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Asked: 2026-05-12T22:36:17+00:00

How do I tell GDB in *nix to search for source files inside a

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How do I tell GDB in *nix to search for source files inside a single directory recursively?
For example:

  • if there are some different building blocks in one module.
  • a is parent directory for b, c, d where b,c,d are child directories.
  • source files are distributed in b,c,b.

I would need to specify to GDB that all the source files are located in ‘a'(parent directory) which GDB should use as a reference and search for source files recursively while debugging a program.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Or you can do something like this, for debugging program prog with source in directory srcdir:

    gdb `find srcdir -type d -printf '-d %p '` prog

    I think it’s a more direct answer to your question. Also useful if your executable doesn’t contain the compilation directories and/or you don’t have version 6.6+ of gdb.

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