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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Free Software Foundation
+.\" Copyright 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
.TH gdbserver 1 "2 November 1993" "Cygnus Support" "GNU Development Tools"
.SH NAME
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ gdbserver \- Remote Server for the GNU Debugger
.RB tty
.RB prog
.RB "[\|" args... "\|]"
+.PP
+.B gdbserver
+.RB tty
+.B --attach
+.RB PID
.ad b
.SH DESCRIPTION
GDBSERVER is a program that allows you to run GDB on a different machine
@@ -50,6 +55,14 @@ GDBs `target remote' command, which will be described shortly. Note that if
you chose a port number that conflicts with another service, gdbserver will
print an error message and exit.
+On some targets, gdbserver can also attach to running programs.
+This is accomplished via the --attach argument. The syntax is:
+
+ target> gdbserver COMM --attach PID
+
+PID is the process ID of a currently running process. It isn't
+necessary to point gdbserver at a binary for the running process.
+
Usage (host side):
You need an unstripped copy of the target program on your host system, since
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