Debugging with GDB Manual (5900-1473; WDB 6.2; January 2011)

linking, for example. load also records the filename symbol
table in GDB, like the add-symbol-file command.
If your GDB does not have a load command, attempting to execute
it gets the error message "You can't do that when your target is
...".
The file is loaded at whatever address is specified in the executable.
For some object file formats, you can specify the load address
when you link the program; for other formats, like a.out, the
object file format specifies a fixed address. load does not repeat
if you press RET again after using it.
load does not repeat if you press RET again after using it.
13.3 Choosing target byte order
Some types of processors, such as the MIPS, PowerPC, and Hitachi SH, offer the ability
to run either big-endian or little-endian byte orders. Usually the executable or symbol will
include a bit to designate the endian-ness, and you will not need to worry about which
to use. However, you can adjust the processor byte order manually using one of the
following commands:
set endian big Instruct GDB to assume the target is big-endian.
set endian little Instruct GDB to assume the target is little-endian.
set endian auto Instruct GDB to use the byte order associated with the
executable.
show endian Display GDB's current idea of the target byte order.
Note that these commands merely adjust interpretation of symbolic data on the host, and
that they have absolutely no effect on the target system.
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