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  18 <h4 class="subsection">Features for Debugging MS Windows PE executables</h4>
  19
  20    GDB supports native debugging of MS Windows programs, and
  21 defines a few commands specific to the Cygwin port.  This
  22 subsection describes those commands.
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  24      <dl>
  25 <dt><code>info w32</code>
  26      <dd>This is a prefix of MS Windows specific commands which print
  27 information about the target system and important OS structures.
  28
  29      <br><dt><code>info w32 selector</code>
  30      <dd>This command displays information returned by
  31 the Win32 API <code>GetThreadSelectorEntry</code> function.
  32 It takes an optional argument that is evaluated to
  33 a long value to give the information about this given selector.
  34 Without argument, this command displays information
  35 about the the six segment registers.
  36
  37      <br><dt><code>info dll</code>
  38      <dd>This is a Cygwin specific alias of info shared.
  39
  40      <br><dt><code>dll-symbols</code>
  41      <dd>This command loads symbols from a dll similarly to
  42 add-sym command but without the need to specify a base address.
  43
  44      <br><dt><code>set new-console </code><var>mode</var><code></code>
  45      <dd>If <var>mode</var> is <code>on</code> the debuggee will
  46 be started in a new console on next start.
  47 If <var>mode</var> is <code>off</code>i, the debuggee will
  48 be started in the same console as the debugger.
  49
  50      <br><dt><code>show new-console</code>
  51      <dd>Displays whether a new console is used
  52 when the debuggee is started.
  53
  54      <br><dt><code>set new-group </code><var>mode</var><code></code>
  55      <dd>This boolean value controls whether the debuggee should
  56 start a new group or stay in the same group as the debugger.
  57 This affects the way the Windows OS handles
  58 Ctrl-C.
  59
  60      <br><dt><code>show new-group</code>
  61      <dd>Displays current value of new-group boolean.
  62
  63      <br><dt><code>set debugevents</code>
  64      <dd>This boolean value adds debug output concerning events seen by the debugger.
  65
  66      <br><dt><code>set debugexec</code>
  67      <dd>This boolean value adds debug output concerning execute events
  68 seen by the debugger.
  69
  70      <br><dt><code>set debugexceptions</code>
  71      <dd>This boolean value adds debug ouptut concerning exception events
  72 seen by the debugger.
  73
  74      <br><dt><code>set debugmemory</code>
  75      <dd>This boolean value adds debug ouptut concerning memory events
  76 seen by the debugger.
  77
  78      <br><dt><code>set shell</code>
  79      <dd>This boolean values specifies whether the debuggee is called
  80 via a shell or directly (default value is on).
  81
  82      <br><dt><code>show shell</code>
  83      <dd>Displays if the debuggee will be started with a shell.
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