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NAME
       gdb-add-index - Add index files to speed up GDB


SYNOPSIS
       gdb-add-index filename


DESCRIPTION
       When GDB finds a symbol file, it scans the symbols in the file in order to construct an internal symbol
       table.  This lets most GDB operations work quickly--at the cost of a delay early on.  For large programs,
       this delay can be quite lengthy, so GDB provides a way to build an index, which speeds up startup.

       To determine whether a file contains such an index, use the command "readelf -S filename": the index is
       stored in a section named ".gdb_index".  The index file can only be produced on systems which use ELF
       binaries and DWARF debug information (i.e., sections named ".debug_*").

       gdb-add-index uses GDB and objdump found in the PATH environment variable.  If you want to use different
       versions of these programs, you can specify them through the GDB and OBJDUMP environment variables.

       See more in the GDB manual in node "Index Files" -- shell command "info -f gdb -n "Index Files"".


OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for GDB is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the "info" and "gdb" programs and
       GDB's Texinfo documentation are properly installed at your site, the command

               info gdb

       should give you access to the complete manual.

       Using GDB: A Guide to the GNU Source-Level Debugger, Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991.


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