gdb/gdb-add-index.sh

#! /bin/sh

# Add a .gdb_index section to a file.

# Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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file="$1"
dir="${file%/*}"

gdb --batch-silent -ex "file $file" -ex "save gdb-index $dir"

if test -f "${file}.gdb-index"; then
   objcopy --add-section .gdb_index="${file}.gdb-index" --set-section-flags .gdb_index=readonly "$file" "$file"
   rm -f "${file}.gdb-index"
fi

exit 0