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windmc – generates Windows message resources. Synopsiswindmc [options] input-file Descriptionwindmc reads message definitions from an input file (.mc) and translate them into a set of output files. The output files may be of four kinds: "h" A C header file containing the message definitions. "rc" A resource file compilable by the windres tool. "bin" One…

strip – Discard symbols from object files. Synopsisstrip [-F bfdname |–target=bfdname] [-I bfdname |–input-target=bfdname] [-O bfdname |–output-target=bfdname] [-s|–strip-all] [-S|-g|-d|–strip-debug] [–strip-dwo] [-K symbolname |–keep-symbol=symbolname] [-N symbolname |–strip-symbol=symbolname] [-w|–wildcard] [-x|–discard-all] [-X |–discard-locals] [-R sectionname |–remove-section=sectionname] [-o file] [-p|–preserve-dates] [-D|–enable-deterministic-archives] [-U|–disable-deterministic-archives] [–keep-file-symbols] [–only-keep-debug] [-v |–verbose] [-V|–version] [–help] [–info] objfile… DescriptionGNU strip discards all symbols from object files objfile. The list of object files may include archives. At least one object file must be given. strip…

strings – print the strings of printable characters in files. Synopsisstrings [-afovV] [–min-len]   [-n min-len] [–bytes=min-len]   [-t radix] [–radix=radix]   [-e encoding] [–encoding=encoding]   [–] [–all] [–print-file-name]   [-T bfdname] [–target=bfdname]   [-w] [–include-all-whitespace]   [–help] [–version] file… DescriptionFor each file given, GNU strings prints the printable character sequences that are at least 4 characters long (or the number given with the options below) and are followed by an unprintable character. Depending upon…

size – list section sizes and total size. Synopsissize [-A|-B|–format=compatibility]   [–help]   [-d|-o|-x|–radix=number]   [–common]   [-t|–totals]   [–target=bfdname] [-V|–version]   [objfile…] DescriptionThe GNU size utility lists the section sizes—and the total size—for each of the object or archive files objfile in its argument list. By default, one line of output is generated for each object file or each module in…

readelf – Displays information about ELF files. Synopsisreadelf [-a|–all]   [-h|–file-header]   [-l|–program-headers|–segments]   [-S|–section-headers|–sections]   [-g|–section-groups]   [-t|–section-details]   [-e|–headers]   [-s|–syms|–symbols]   [–dyn-syms]   [-n|–notes]   [-r|–relocs]   [-u|–unwind]   [-d|–dynamic]   [-V|–version-info]   [-A|–arch-specific]   [-D|–use-dynamic]   [-x <number or name>|–hex-dump=<number or name>]   [-p <number or name>|–string-dump=<number or name>]   [-R <number or name>|–relocated-dump=<number or name>]   [-c|–archive-index]   [-w[lLiaprmfFsoRt]|    –debug-dump[=rawline,=decodedline,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc,=Ranges,=pubtypes,=trace_info,=trace_abbrev,=trace_aranges,=gdb_index]]   [–dwarf-depth=n]   [–dwarf-start=n]   [-I|–histogram]   [-v|–version]   [-W|–wide]   [-H|–help]   elffile… Descriptionreadelf displays information about one or…

ranlib – generate index to archive. Synopsisranlib [–plugin name] [-DhHvVt] archive Descriptionranlib 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. You may use nm -s or nm –print-armap to list…

pkg-config – Return metainformation about installed libraries Synopsispkg-config [–modversion] [–version] [–help] [–print-errors] [–silence-errors] [–errors-to-stdout] [–debug] [–cflags] [–libs] [–libs-only-L] [–libs-only-l] [–cflags-only-I] [–variable=VARIABLENAME] [–define-variable=VARIABLENAME=VARIABLEVALUE] [–print-variables] [–uninstalled] [–exists] [–atleast-version=VERSION] [–exact-version=VERSION] [–max-version=VERSION] [–list-all] [LIBRARIES…] [–print-provides] [–print-requires] [–print-requires-private] [LIBRARIES…] DescriptionThe pkg-config program is used to retrieve information about installed libraries in the system. It is typically used to compile and…

objdump – display information from object files. Synopsisobjdump [-a|–archive-headers]   [-b bfdname|–target=bfdname]   [-C|–demangle[=style] ]   [-d|–disassemble]   [-D|–disassemble-all]   [-z|–disassemble-zeroes]   [-EB|-EL|–endian={big | little }]   [-f|–file-headers]   [-F|–file-offsets]   [–file-start-context]   [-g|–debugging]   [-e|–debugging-tags]   [-h|–section-headers|–headers]   [-i|–info]   [-j section|–section=section]   [-l|–line-numbers]   [-S|–source]   [-m machine|–architecture=machine]   [-M options|–disassembler-options=options]   [-p|–private-headers]   [-P options|–private=options]   [-r|–reloc]   [-R|–dynamic-reloc]   [-s|–full-contents]   [-W[lLiaprmfFsoRt]|    –dwarf[=rawline,=decodedline,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc,=Ranges,=pubtypes,=trace_info,=trace_abbrev,=trace_aranges,=gdb_index]]   [-G|–stabs]   [-t|–syms]   [-T|–dynamic-syms]   [-x|–all-headers]   [-w|–wide]   [–start-address=address]   [–stop-address=address]   [–prefix-addresses]   [–[no-]show-raw-insn]   [–adjust-vma=offset]   [–special-syms]   [–prefix=prefix]   [–prefix-strip=level]   [–insn-width=width]   [-V|–version]   [-H|–help]   objfile… Descriptionobjdump displays…

objcopy – copy and translate object files Synopsisobjcopy [-F bfdname|–target=bfdname]   [-I bfdname|–input-target=bfdname]   [-O bfdname|–output-target=bfdname]   [-B bfdarch|–binary-architecture=bfdarch]   [-S|–strip-all]   [-g|–strip-debug]   [-K symbolname|–keep-symbol=symbolname]   [-N symbolname|–strip-symbol=symbolname]   [–strip-unneeded-symbol=symbolname]   [-G symbolname|–keep-global-symbol=symbolname]   [–localize-hidden]   [-L symbolname|–localize-symbol=symbolname]   [–globalize-symbol=symbolname]   [-W symbolname|–weaken-symbol=symbolname]   [-w|–wildcard]   [-x|–discard-all]   [-X|–discard-locals]   [-b byte|–byte=byte]   [-i [breadth]|–interleave[=breadth]]   [–interleave-width=width]   [-j sectionpattern|–only-section=sectionpattern]   [-R sectionpattern|–remove-section=sectionpattern]   [-p|–preserve-dates]   [-D|–enable-deterministic-archives]   [-U|–disable-deterministic-archives]   [–debugging]   [–gap-fill=val]   [–pad-to=address]   [–set-start=val]   [–adjust-start=incr]   [–change-addresses=incr]   [–change-section-address sectionpattern{=,+,-}val]   [–change-section-lma sectionpattern{=,+,-}val]   [–change-section-vma sectionpattern{=,+,-}val]   [–change-warnings] [–no-change-warnings]   [–set-section-flags sectionpattern=flags]   [–add-section sectionname=filename]   [–dump-section sectionname=filename]   [–rename-section oldname=newname[,flags]]   [–long-section-names {enable,disable,keep}]   [–change-leading-char] [–remove-leading-char]   [–reverse-bytes=num]   [–srec-len=ival] [–srec-forceS3]   [–redefine-sym old=new]   [–redefine-syms=filename]   [–weaken]…

nm – list symbols from object files Synopsisnm [-A|-o|–print-file-name] [-a|–debug-syms] [-B|–format=bsd] [-C|–demangle[=style]] [-D|–dynamic] [-fformat|–format=format] [-g|–extern-only] [-h|–help] [-l|–line-numbers] [-n|-v|–numeric-sort] [-P|–portability] [-p|–no-sort] [-r|–reverse-sort] [-S|–print-size] [-s|–print-armap] [-t radix|–radix=radix] [-u|–undefined-only] [-V|–version] [-X 32_64] [–defined-only] [–no-demangle] [–plugin name] [–size-sort] [–special-syms] [–synthetic] [–target=bfdname] [objfile…] DescriptionGNU nm lists the symbols from object files objfile…. If no object files are listed as arguments, nm assumes the file a.out. For each symbol, nm shows: • The symbol value, in…

nlmconv – converts object code into an NLM. Synopsisnlmconv [-I bfdname|–input-target=bfdname]   [-O bfdname|–output-target=bfdname]   [-T headerfile|–header-file=headerfile]   [-d|–debug] [-l linker|–linker=linker]   [-h|–help] [-V|–version]   infile outfile Descriptionnlmconv converts the relocatable i386 object file infile into the NetWare Loadable Module outfile, optionally reading headerfile for NLM header information. For instructions on writing the NLM command file language used in header files, see the linkers section, NLMLINK…

ld – The GNU linker Synopsisld [options] objfile … Descriptionld combines a number of object and archive files, relocates their data and ties up symbol references. Usually the last step in compiling a program is to run ld. ld accepts Linker Command Language files written in a superset of AT&T‘s Link Editor Command Language syntax,…

gprof – display call graph profile data Synopsisgprof [ -[abcDhilLrsTvwxyz] ] [ -[ACeEfFJnNOpPqQZ][name] ]  [ -I dirs ] [ -d[num] ] [ -k from/to ]  [ -m min-count ] [ -R map_file ] [ -t table-length ]  [ –[no-]annotated-source[=name] ]   [ –[no-]exec-counts[=name] ]  [ –[no-]flat-profile[=name] ] [ –[no-]graph[=name] ]  [ –[no-]time=name] [ –all-lines ] [ –brief ]   [ –debug[=level] ] [ –function-ordering ]   [ –file-ordering map_file ] [ –directory-path=dirs ]  [ –display-unused-functions ] [ –file-format=name ]  [ –file-info ] [ –help ] [ –line ] [ –inline-file-names ]  [ –min-count=n ] [ –no-static ] [ –print-path ]  [ –separate-files ] [ –static-call-graph ] [ –sum ]  [ –table-length=len ] [ –traditional ] [ –version ]  [ –width=n ] [ –ignore-non-functions ]  [ –demangle[=STYLE] ] [ –no-demangle ]  [–external-symbol-table=name]  [ image-file ] [ profile-file … ] Description"gprof" produces an execution profile of C, Pascal, or Fortran77 programs. The effect of called routines is incorporated in the profile of each caller….

gfortran – GNU Fortran compiler Synopsisgfortran [-c|-S|-E]    [-g] [-pg] [-Olevel]    [-Wwarn…] [-pedantic]    [-Idir…] [-Ldir…]    [-Dmacro[=defn]…] [-Umacro]    [-foption…]    [-mmachine-option…]    [-o outfile] infile… Only the most useful options are listed here; see below for the remainder. DescriptionThe gfortran command supports all the options supported by the gcc command. Only options specific to GNU Fortran are documented here. All GCC and GNU Fortran options are…

gcov – coverage testing tool Synopsisgcov [-v|–version] [-h|–help]   [-a|–all-blocks]   [-b|–branch-probabilities]   [-c|–branch-counts]   [-d|–display-progress]   [-f|–function-summaries]   [-i|–intermediate-format]   [-l|–long-file-names]   [-m|–demangled-names]   [-n|–no-output]   [-o|–object-directory directory|file]   [-p|–preserve-paths]   [-r|–relative-only]   [-s|–source-prefix directory]   [-u|–unconditional-branches]   files Descriptiongcov is a test coverage program. Use it in concert with GCC to analyze your programs to help create more efficient, faster running code and to discover untested parts of your program….

gcc – GNU project C and C++ compiler Synopsisgcc [-c|-S|-E] [-std=standard]  [-g] [-pg] [-Olevel]  [-Wwarn…] [-Wpedantic]  [-Idir…] [-Ldir…]  [-Dmacro[=defn]…] [-Umacro]  [-foption…] [-mmachine-option…]  [-o outfile] [@file] infile… Only the most useful options are listed here; see below for the remainder. g++ accepts mostly the same options as gcc. DescriptionWhen you invoke GCC, it normally does preprocessing, compilation, assembly and linking. The “overall options” allow you…

gcc – GNU project C and C++ compiler Synopsisgcc [-c|-S|-E] [-std=standard]  [-g] [-pg] [-Olevel]  [-Wwarn…] [-Wpedantic]  [-Idir…] [-Ldir…]  [-Dmacro[=defn]…] [-Umacro]  [-foption…] [-mmachine-option…]  [-o outfile] [@file] infile… Only the most useful options are listed here; see below for the remainder. g++ accepts mostly the same options as gcc. DescriptionWhen you invoke GCC, it normally does preprocessing, compilation, assembly and linking. The “overall options” allow you…

elfedit – Update the ELF header of ELF files. Synopsiselfedit [–input-mach=machine]   [–input-type=type]   [–input-osabi=osabi]   –output-mach=machine   –output-type=type   –output-osabi=osabi   [-v|–version]   [-h|–help]   elffile… Descriptionelfedit updates the ELF header of ELF files which have the matching ELF machine and file types. The options control how and which fields in the ELF header should be updated. elffile… are the ELF files…

dlltool – Create files needed to build and use DLLs. Synopsisdlltool [-d|–input-def def-file-name]   [-b|–base-file base-file-name]   [-e|–output-exp exports-file-name]   [-z|–output-def def-file-name]   [-l|–output-lib library-file-name]   [-y|–output-delaylib library-file-name]   [–export-all-symbols] [–no-export-all-symbols]   [–exclude-symbols list]   [–no-default-excludes]   [-S|–as path-to-assembler] [-f|–as-flags options]   [-D|–dllname name] [-m|–machine machine]   [-a|–add-indirect]   [-U|–add-underscore] [–add-stdcall-underscore]   [-k|–kill-at] [-A|–add-stdcall-alias]   [-p|–ext-prefix-alias prefix]   [-x|–no-idata4] [-c|–no-idata5]   [–use-nul-prefixed-import-tables]   [-I|–identify library-file-name] [–identify-strict]   [-i|–interwork]   [-n|–nodelete] [-t|–temp-prefix prefix]   [-v|–verbose]   [-h|–help] [-V|–version]   [–no-leading-underscore] [–leading-underscore]   [object-file …] Descriptiondlltool reads its inputs, which can come from the -d and -b options as well as object files…

cpp – The C Preprocessor Synopsiscpp [-Dmacro[=defn]…] [-Umacro]  [-Idir…] [-iquotedir…]  [-Wwarn…]  [-M|-MM] [-MG] [-MF filename]  [-MP] [-MQ target…]  [-MT target…]  [-P] [-fno-working-directory]  [-x language] [-std=standard]  infile outfile Only the most useful options are listed here; see below for the remainder. DescriptionThe C preprocessor, often known as cpp, is a macro processor that is used automatically by the C compiler to transform your program before compilation. It…