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diff --git a/appendixa/binutils-desc.xml b/appendixa/binutils-desc.xml deleted file mode 100644 index c4eaa0732..000000000 --- a/appendixa/binutils-desc.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,61 +0,0 @@ -<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<para><command>addr2line</command> translates program addresses to file -names and line numbers. Given an address and the name of an executable, it -uses the debugging information in the executable to figure out which source -file and line number are associated with the address.</para> - -<para><command>ar</command> 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> - -<para><command>as</command> is an assembler. It assembles the output of -gcc into object files.</para> - -<para><command>c++filt</command> is used by the linker to demangle C++ and -Java symbols, to keep overloaded functions from clashing.</para> - -<para><command>gprof</command> displays call graph profile data.</para> - -<para><command>ld</command> is a linker. It combines a number of object -and archive files into a single file, relocating their data and tying up symbol -references.</para> - -<para><command>nm</command> lists the symbols occurring in a given object file.</para> - -<para><command>objcopy</command> is used to translate one type of object -file into another.</para> - -<para><command>objdump</command> displays information about the given -object file, with options controlling what particular information to display. -The information shown is mostly only useful to programmers who are working on -the compilation tools.</para> - -<para><command>ranlib</command> generates an index of the contents of an -archive, and stores it in the archive. The index lists all the symbols defined -by archive members that are relocatable object files.</para> - -<para><command>readelf</command> displays information about elf type binaries.</para> - -<para><command>size</command> lists the section sizes -- and the grand -total -- for the given object files.</para> - -<para><command>strings</command> outputs for each file given the sequences -of printable characters that are of at least the specified length (defaulting to 4) -For object files it prints by default only the strings from the initializing -and loading sections. For other types of files it scans the whole file.</para> - -<para><command>strip</command> discards symbols from object files.</para> - -<para><command>libiberty</command> contains routines used by various GNU -programs, including getopt, obstack, strerror, strtol and strtoul.</para> - -<para><command>libbfd</command> is the Binary File Descriptor library.</para> - -<para><command>libopcodes</command> is a library for dealing with opcodes. -It is used for building utilities like objdump. Opcodes are the "readable text" -versions of instructions for the processor.</para> - -</sect2> - |