[Gdb] loading wrong file

[Fred J.]

Hello

gdb is loading the wrong file, I would appreciate help
as this is not
the first time it happens and I wonder why it keeps on
happening.

thanks
$ls
main.cpp
main.o
makefile
proj1
semantic.cache
stash.cpp
stash.h
stash.o

$gdb proj1
Current directory is
~/Exercies/ThinkingInC++/Vol1/4thCh/7/
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This GDB was configured as "i386-linux"...Using host
libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".

(gdb) file proj1 
Load new symbol table from
"/home/sam/Exercies/ThinkingInC++/Vol1/4thCh/7/proj1"?
(y or n) y
Reading symbols from
/home/sam/Exercies/ThinkingInC++/Vol1/4thCh/7/proj1...done.
(gdb) b 13
Breakpoint 1 at 0x8048730: file
../sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S, line 13.
(gdb) 

the breaker point above is in the wrong file, it
suppose to be in
main.cpp.

(gdb) r
Starting program:
/home/sam/Exercies/ThinkingInC++/Vol1/4thCh/7/proj1 

Breakpoint 1, _start () at
../sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S:47
47      ../sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S: No such file or
directory.
        in ../sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S
Current language:  auto; currently asm
(gdb) n
_start () at ../sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S:52
52      in ../sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S
(gdb) 

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