Function and Purpose

GDB/MI is a line based machine oriented text interface to No value for GDBN and is activated by specifying using the ‘--interpreter’ command line option (see section Choosing Modes). It is specifically intended to support the development of systems which use the debugger as just one small component of a larger system.

This chapter is a specification of the GDB/MI interface. It is written in the form of a reference manual.

Note that GDB/MI is still under construction, so some of the features described below are incomplete and subject to change (see section GDB/MI Development and Front Ends).