Re: Problem with Redboot and Dollar Sign

[Gary Thomas <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/07/2011 06:31 AM, Smith, Keith wrote:
> When I type a dollar sign, $, on the command line of RedBoot, RedBoot hangs.
>
> Is this a known problem or just a problem with my build of RedBoot?
>
> I noticed in redboot/src/io.c/_rb_gets_preloaded() that the $ used as a GDB lead-in.
>
> In my ROM version of RedBoot, Redboot just hangs. In my ROMRAM version of Redboot, I get a GDB dump.

This is expected behaviour.

You should be able to type $c#63 and RedBoot will carry on.
If you really need to type $, try using \$

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