A test script for reading input in cgdb

cgdb-test.sh

#!/bin/sh
cd /tmp
cat > tmp.c <<EOF
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
  char str[4096];
  fgets(str, 4096, stdin);
  printf("%s\n", str);
  return 0;
}
EOF
gcc -ggdb tmp.c
echo 'enter "run", then some text, then "quit"'
echo '========================================'
gdb a.out
echo '========================================'
echo 'now try the same in cgdb - if it hangs, you can exit cgdb with ESC-:q'
sleep 5 # give the user time to read the message
cgdb a.out
echo '========================================'
echo 'Lets try another example with readline'
[ -f /usr/include/readline/readline.h ] || {
    echo "whoops, you don't have the readline library headers installed."
    exit
}
cat > tmp.c <<EOF
#include <stdio.h>
#include <readline/readline.h>

int main() {
  char* str = readline("> ");
  printf("%s\n", str);
  return 0;
}
EOF
gcc -ggdb -lreadline tmp.c
echo 'enter "run", then some text, then "quit"'
echo '========================================'
gdb a.out
echo '========================================'
echo 'now try the same in cgdb - if it hangs, you can exit cgdb with ESC-:q'
sleep 5 # give the user time to read the message
cgdb a.out