How do I load .gdbinit on gdb startup?

Question

This is a seemly trivial question but I can\'t find a simple way to accomplish this.

I have my .gdbinit file defined in the same directory as where gdb.

Answer 1

I launch xt-gdb that comes with Xtensa tool chain with -iex -ix parameters as follows:

xt-gdb -iex "set auto-load safe-path Path\to\gdbinit\dir" -ix Path\to\gdbinit\dir.gdbinit