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author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-02-15 15:26:52 +0000 |
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diff --git a/appendixa/binutils-desc.sgml b/appendixa/binutils-desc.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 6211265cf..000000000 --- a/appendixa/binutils-desc.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,156 +0,0 @@ -<sect2> -<title>Description</title> - -<para> -The Binutils package contains the ld, as, ar, nm, objcopy, objdump, -ranlib, size, strings, strip, c++filt, addr2line and nlmconv programs -</para> - -</sect2> - -<sect2><title>Description</title> - -<sect3><title>ld</title> - -<para> -ld combines a number of object and archive files, relocates their data -and ties up symbol references. Often the last step in building a new compiled -program to run is a call to ld. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>as</title> - -<para> -as is primarily intended to assemble the output of the GNU C compiler gcc -for use by the linker ld. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>ar</title> - -<para> -The ar program creates, modifies, and extracts from archives. An archive is -a single file holding a collection of other files in a structure that makes -it possible to retrieve the original individual files (called members of -the archive). -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>nm</title> - -<para> -nm lists the symbols from object files. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>objcopy</title> - -<para> -objcopy utility copies the contents of an object file to another. objcopy -uses the GNU BFD Library to read and write the object files. It can write -the destination object file in a format different from that of the source -object file. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>objdump</title> - -<para> -objdump displays information about one or more object files. The options -control what particular information to display. This information is mostly -useful to programmers who are working on the compilation tools, as opposed to -programmers who just want their program to compile and work. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>ranlib</title> - -<para> -ranlib generates an index to the contents of an archive, and stores it in -the archive. The index lists each symbol defined by a member of an archive -that is a relocatable object file. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>size</title> - -<para> -size lists the section sizes --and the total size-- for each of the object -files objfile in its argument list. By default, one line of output is -generated for each object file or each module in an archive. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>strings</title> - -<para> -For each file given, strings prints the printable character sequences -that are at least 4 characters long (or the number specified with an -option to the program) and are followed by an unprintable character. By -default, it only prints the strings from the initialized and loaded -sections of object files; for other types of files, it prints the strings -from the whole file. -</para> - -<para> -strings is mainly useful for determining the contents of non-text files. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>strip</title> - -<para> -strip discards all or specific symbols from object files. The list of -object files may include archives. At least one object file must be -given. strip modifies the files named in its argument, rather than writing -modified copies under different names. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>c++filt</title> - -<para> -The C++ language provides function overloading, which means that you can -write many functions with the same name (providing each takes parameters -of different types). All C++ function names are encoded into a low-level -assembly label (this process is known as mangling). The c++filt program -does the inverse mapping: it decodes (demangles) low-level names into -user-level names so that the linker can keep these overloaded functions -from clashing. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>addr2line</title> - -<para> -addr2line translates program addresses into file names and line numbers. -Given an address and an executable, it uses the debugging information in -the executable to figure out which file name and line number are associated -with a given address. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>nlmconv</title> - -<para> -nlmconv converts relocatable object files into the NetWare Loadable Module -files, optionally reading header files for NLM header information. -</para> - -</sect3> - -</sect2> - |