DUMP(1) (Software Generation System Utilities) DUMP(1)
NAME
dump - dump selected parts of an object file
SYNOPSIS
dump [ options ] files
DESCRIPTION
The dump command dumps selected parts of each of its object
file arguments.
This command will accept both object files and archives of
object files. It processes each file argument according to
one or more of the following options:
-a Dump the archive header of each member of each
archive file argument.
-g Dump the global symbols in the symbol table of an
archive.
-f Dump each file header.
-o Dump each optional header.
-h Dump section headers.
-s Dump section contents.
-r Dump relocation information.
-l Dump line number information.
-t Dump symbol table entries.
-z name Dump line number entries for the named function.
-c Dump the string table.
-L Interpret and print the contents of the .lib
sections.
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The following modifiers are used in conjunction with the
options listed above to modify their capabilities.
-d number Dump the section number, number, or the range of
sections starting at number and ending at the
number specified by +d.
+d number Dump sections in the range either beginning with
first section or beginning with section specified
by -d.
-n name Dump information pertaining only to the named
entity. This modifier applies to -h, -s, -r, -l,
and -t.
-p Suppress printing of the headers.
-t index Dump only the indexed symbol table entry. The -t
used in conjunction with +t, specifies a range of
symbol table entries.
+t index Dump the symbol table entries in the range ending
with the indexed entry. The range begins at the
first symbol table entry or at the entry
specified by the -t option.
-u Underline the name of the file for emphasis.
-v Dump information in symbolic representation
rather than numeric (e.g., C_STATIC instead of
0X02). This modifier can be used with all the
above options except -s and -o options of dump.
-z name,number
Dump line number entry or range of line numbers
starting at number for the named function.
+z number Dump line numbers starting at either function
name or number specified by -z, up to number
specified by +z.
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Blanks separating an option and its modifier are optional.
The comma separating the name from the number modifying the
-z option may be replaced by a blank.
The dump command attempts to format the information it dumps
in a meaningful way, printing certain information in
character, hex, octal or decimal representation as
appropriate.
SEE ALSO
a.out(4), ar(4).
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