@ifinfo
@c man begin COPYRIGHT
-Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000,
-2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
+2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
@c This file documents the GNU binary utilities "ar", "ld", "objcopy",
@c "objdump", "nm", "size", "strings", "strip", "readelf" and "ranlib".
@c
-@c Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001,
-@c 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
+@c 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c
@c This text may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU
@c Free Documentation License.
@end tex
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-Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 1998, 2000, 2001,
-2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
+2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
nm [@option{-a}|@option{--debug-syms}] [@option{-g}|@option{--extern-only}]
[@option{-B}] [@option{-C}|@option{--demangle}[=@var{style}]] [@option{-D}|@option{--dynamic}]
[@option{-S}|@option{--print-size}] [@option{-s}|@option{--print-armap}]
- [@option{-A}|@option{-o}|@option{--print-file-name}]
+ [@option{-A}|@option{-o}|@option{--print-file-name}][@option{--special-syms}]
[@option{-n}|@option{-v}|@option{--numeric-sort}] [@option{-p}|@option{--no-sort}]
[@option{-r}|@option{--reverse-sort}] [@option{--size-sort}] [@option{-u}|@option{--undefined-only}]
[@option{-t} @var{radix}|@option{--radix=}@var{radix}] [@option{-P}|@option{--portability}]
defined symbol, the normal defined symbol is used with no error.
When a weak undefined symbol is linked and the symbol is not defined,
the value of the symbol is determined in a system-specific manner without
-error. Uppercase indicates that a default value has been specified.
+error. On some systems, uppercase indicates that a default value has been
+specified.
+
@item -
The symbol is a stabs symbol in an a.out object file. In this case, the
is printed, rather than the value, and @samp{-S} must be used in order
both size and value to be printed.
+@item --special-syms
+Display symbols which have a target-specific special meaning. These
+symbols are usually used by the target for some special processing and
+are not normally helpful when included included in the normal symbol
+lists. For example for ARM targets this option would skip the mapping
+symbols used to mark transistions between ARM code, THUMB code and
+data.
+
@item -t @var{radix}
@itemx --radix=@var{radix}
Use @var{radix} as the radix for printing the symbol values. It must be
[@option{--prefix-addresses}]
[@option{--[no-]show-raw-insn}]
[@option{--adjust-vma=}@var{offset}]
+ [@option{--special-syms}]
[@option{-V}|@option{--version}]
[@option{-H}|@option{--help}]
@var{objfile}@dots{}
libraries. This is similar to the information provided by the @samp{nm}
program when given the @option{-D} (@option{--dynamic}) option.
+@item --special-syms
+When displaying symbols include those which the target considers to be
+special in some way and which would not normally be of interest to the
+user.
+
@item -V
@itemx --version
Print the version number of @command{objdump} and exit.
@end ignore
@node dlltool
-@chapter Create files needed to build and use DLLs
+@chapter dlltool
@cindex DLL
@kindex dlltool
-@command{dlltool} may be used to create the files needed to build and use
-dynamic link libraries (DLLs).
+@command{dlltool} is used to create the files needed to create dynamic
+link libraries (DLLs) on systems which understand PE format image
+files such as Windows. A DLL contains an export table which contains
+information that the runtime loader needs to resolve references from a
+referencing program.
+
+The export table is generated by this program by reading in a
+@file{.def} file or scanning the @file{.a} and @file{.o} files which
+will be in the DLL. A @file{.o} file can contain information in
+special @samp{.drectve} sections with export information.
@quotation
-@emph{Warning:} @command{dlltool} is not always built as part of the binary
-utilities, since it is only useful for those targets which support DLLs.
+@emph{Note:} @command{dlltool} is not always built as part of the
+binary utilities, since it is only useful for those targets which
+support DLLs.
@end quotation
@c man title dlltool Create files needed to build and use DLLs.
to have three other files. @command{dlltool} can help with the creation of
these files.
-The first file is a @samp{.def} file which specifies which functions are
+The first file is a @file{.def} file which specifies which functions are
exported from the DLL, which functions the DLL imports, and so on. This
is a text file and can be created by hand, or @command{dlltool} can be used
to create it using the @option{-z} option. In this case @command{dlltool}
will scan the object files specified on its command line looking for
those functions which have been specially marked as being exported and
-put entries for them in the .def file it creates.
+put entries for them in the @file{.def} file it creates.
In order to mark a function as being exported from a DLL, it needs to
have an @option{-export:<name_of_function>} entry in the @samp{.drectve}
is linked with the object files that make up the body of the DLL and it
handles the interface between the DLL and the outside world. This is a
binary file and it can be created by giving the @option{-e} option to
-@command{dlltool} when it is creating or reading in a .def file.
+@command{dlltool} when it is creating or reading in a @file{.def} file.
The third file needed for DLL creation is the library file that programs
will link with in order to access the functions in the DLL. This file
can be created by giving the @option{-l} option to dlltool when it
-is creating or reading in a .def file.
+is creating or reading in a @file{.def} file.
@command{dlltool} builds the library file by hand, but it builds the
exports file by creating temporary files containing assembler statements
@item -d @var{filename}
@itemx --input-def @var{filename}
@cindex input .def file
-Specifies the name of a .def file to be read in and processed.
+Specifies the name of a @file{.def} file to be read in and processed.
@item -b @var{filename}
@itemx --base-file @var{filename}
@item -z @var{filename}
@itemx --output-def @var{filename}
-Specifies the name of the .def file to be created by dlltool.
+Specifies the name of the @file{.def} file to be created by dlltool.
@item -l @var{filename}
@itemx --output-lib @var{filename}
@option{--exclude-symbols} option.
@item --no-export-all-symbols
-Only export symbols explicitly listed in an input .def file or in
+Only export symbols explicitly listed in an input @file{.def} file or in
@samp{.drectve} sections in the input object files. This is the default
behaviour. The @samp{.drectve} sections are created by @samp{dllexport}
attributes in the source code.
@item -D @var{name}
@itemx --dll-name @var{name}
-Specifies the name to be stored in the .def file as the name of the DLL
-when the @option{-e} option is used. If this option is not present, then
-the filename given to the @option{-e} option will be used as the name of
-the DLL.
+Specifies the name to be stored in the @file{.def} file as the name of
+the DLL when the @option{-e} option is used. If this option is not
+present, then the filename given to the @option{-e} option will be
+used as the name of the DLL.
@item -m @var{machine}
@itemx -machine @var{machine}
@itemx --add-underscore
Specifies that when @command{dlltool} is creating the exports file it
should prepend an underscore to the names of the exported functions.
-The option is ignored for symbols with an explicit internal name
-specification provided in a .def file.
@item -k
@itemx --kill-at
Specifies that when @command{dlltool} is creating the exports file it
-should not append the string @samp{@@ <number>} The option is ignored
-for symbols with an explicit internal name specification provided in a
-.def file.
+should not append the string @samp{@@ <number>}. These numbers are
+called ordinal numbers and they represent another way of accessing the
+function in a DLL, other than by name.
@item -A
@itemx --add-stdcall-alias
@c man end
+@menu
+* def file format:: The format of the dlltool @file{.def} file
+@end menu
+
+@node def file format
+@section The format of the @command{dlltool} @file{.def} file
+
+A @file{.def} file contains any number of the following commands:
+
+@table @asis
+
+@item @code{NAME} @var{name} @code{[ ,} @var{base} @code{]}
+The result is going to be named @var{name}@code{.exe}.
+
+@item @code{LIBRARY} @var{name} @code{[ ,} @var{base} @code{]}
+The result is going to be named @var{name}@code{.dll}.
+
+@item @code{EXPORTS ( ( (} @var{name1} @code{[ = } @var{name2} @code{] ) | ( } @var{name1} @code{=} @var{module-name} @code{.} @var{external-name} @code{) )}
+@item @code{[} @var{integer} @code{] [ NONAME ] [ CONSTANT ] [ DATA ] [ PRIVATE ] ) *}
+Declares @var{name1} as an exported symbol from the DLL, with optional
+ordinal number @var{integer}, or declares @var{name1} as an alias
+(forward) of the function @var{external-name} in the DLL
+@var{module-name}.
+
+@item @code{IMPORTS ( (} @var{internal-name} @code{=} @var{module-name} @code{.} @var{integer} @code{) | [} @var{internal-name} @code{= ]} @var{module-name} @code{.} @var{external-name} @code{) ) *}
+Declares that @var{external-name} or the exported function whose
+ordinal number is @var{integer} is to be imported from the file
+@var{module-name}. If @var{internal-name} is specified then this is
+the name that the imported function will be referred to in the body of
+the DLL.
+
+@item @code{DESCRIPTION} @var{string}
+Puts @var{string} into the output @file{.exp} file in the
+@code{.rdata} section.
+
+@item @code{STACKSIZE} @var{number-reserve} @code{[, } @var{number-commit} @code{]}
+@item @code{HEAPSIZE} @var{number-reserve} @code{[, } @var{number-commit} @code{]}
+Generates @code{--stack} or @code{--heap}
+@var{number-reserve},@var{number-commit} in the output @code{.drectve}
+section. The linker will see this and act upon it.
+
+@item @code{CODE} @var{attr} @code{+}
+@item @code{DATA} @var{attr} @code{+}
+@item @code{SECTIONS (} @var{section-name} @var{attr}@code{ + ) *}
+Generates @code{--attr} @var{section-name} @var{attr} in the output
+@code{.drectve} section, where @var{attr} is one of @code{READ},
+@code{WRITE}, @code{EXECUTE} or @code{SHARED}. The linker will see
+this and act upon it.
+
+@end table
+
@ignore
@c man begin SEEALSO dlltool
-the Info entries for @file{binutils}.
+The Info pages for @file{binutils}.
@c man end
@end ignore
[@option{-A}|@option{--arch-specific}]
[@option{-D}|@option{--use-dynamic}]
[@option{-x} <number>|@option{--hex-dump=}<number>]
- [@option{-w[liaprmfFso]}|
- @option{--debug-dump}[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=ranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc]]
+ [@option{-w[liaprmfFsoR]}|
+ @option{--debug-dump}[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc,=Ranges]]
[@option{-I}|@option{-histogram}]
[@option{-v}|@option{--version}]
[@option{-W}|@option{--wide}]
@item -n
@itemx --notes
-@cindex ELF core notes
-Displays the contents of the NOTE segment, if it exists.
+@cindex ELF notes
+Displays the contents of the NOTE segments and/or sections, if any.
@item -r
@itemx --relocs
@itemx --hex-dump=<number>
Displays the contents of the indicated section as a hexadecimal dump.
-@item -w[liaprmfFso]
-@itemx --debug-dump[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=ranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc]
+@item -w[liaprmfFsoR]
+@itemx --debug-dump[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc,=Ranges]
Displays the contents of the debug sections in the file, if any are
present. If one of the optional letters or words follows the switch
then only data found in those specific sections will be dumped.
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