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612 lines
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.\"
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.IX Title "NM 1"
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.TH NM 1 1980-01-01 binutils-2.40.90 "GNU Development Tools"
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.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
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.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
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.if n .ad l
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.nh
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.SH NAME
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nm \- list symbols from object files
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
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nm [\fB\-A\fR|\fB\-o\fR|\fB\-\-print\-file\-name\fR]
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[\fB\-a\fR|\fB\-\-debug\-syms\fR]
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[\fB\-B\fR|\fB\-\-format=bsd\fR]
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[\fB\-C\fR|\fB\-\-demangle\fR[=\fIstyle\fR]]
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[\fB\-D\fR|\fB\-\-dynamic\fR]
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[\fB\-f\fR\fIformat\fR|\fB\-\-format=\fR\fIformat\fR]
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[\fB\-g\fR|\fB\-\-extern\-only\fR]
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[\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-help\fR]
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[\fB\-\-ifunc\-chars=\fR\fICHARS\fR]
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[\fB\-j\fR|\fB\-\-format=just\-symbols\fR]
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[\fB\-l\fR|\fB\-\-line\-numbers\fR] [\fB\-\-inlines\fR]
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[\fB\-n\fR|\fB\-v\fR|\fB\-\-numeric\-sort\fR]
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[\fB\-P\fR|\fB\-\-portability\fR]
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[\fB\-p\fR|\fB\-\-no\-sort\fR]
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[\fB\-r\fR|\fB\-\-reverse\-sort\fR]
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[\fB\-S\fR|\fB\-\-print\-size\fR]
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[\fB\-s\fR|\fB\-\-print\-armap\fR]
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[\fB\-t\fR \fIradix\fR|\fB\-\-radix=\fR\fIradix\fR]
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[\fB\-u\fR|\fB\-\-undefined\-only\fR]
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[\fB\-U\fR|\fB\-\-defined\-only\fR]
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[\fB\-V\fR|\fB\-\-version\fR]
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[\fB\-W\fR|\fB\-\-no\-weak\fR]
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[\fB\-X 32_64\fR]
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[\fB\-\-no\-demangle\fR]
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[\fB\-\-no\-recurse\-limit\fR|\fB\-\-recurse\-limit\fR]]
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[\fB\-\-plugin\fR \fIname\fR]
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[\fB\-\-size\-sort\fR]
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[\fB\-\-special\-syms\fR]
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[\fB\-\-synthetic\fR]
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[\fB\-\-target=\fR\fIbfdname\fR]
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[\fB\-\-unicode=\fR\fImethod\fR]
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[\fB\-\-with\-symbol\-versions\fR]
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[\fB\-\-without\-symbol\-versions\fR]
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[\fIobjfile\fR...]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
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GNU \fBnm\fR lists the symbols from object files \fIobjfile\fR....
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If no object files are listed as arguments, \fBnm\fR assumes the file
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\&\fIa.out\fR.
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.PP
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For each symbol, \fBnm\fR shows:
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.IP \(bu 4
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The symbol value, in the radix selected by options (see below), or
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hexadecimal by default.
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.IP \(bu 4
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The symbol type. At least the following types are used; others are, as
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well, depending on the object file format. If lowercase, the symbol is
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usually local; if uppercase, the symbol is global (external). There
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are however a few lowercase symbols that are shown for special global
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symbols (\f(CW\*(C`u\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`v\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`w\*(C'\fR).
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.RS 4
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.ie n .IP """A""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWA\fR 4
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.IX Item "A"
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The symbol's value is absolute, and will not be changed by further
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linking.
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.ie n .IP """B""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWB\fR 4
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.IX Item "B"
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.PD 0
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.ie n .IP """b""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWb\fR 4
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.IX Item "b"
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.PD
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The symbol is in the BSS data section. This section typically
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contains zero-initialized or uninitialized data, although the exact
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behavior is system dependent.
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.ie n .IP """C""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWC\fR 4
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.IX Item "C"
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.PD 0
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.ie n .IP """c""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWc\fR 4
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.IX Item "c"
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.PD
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The symbol is common. Common symbols are uninitialized data. When
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linking, multiple common symbols may appear with the same name. If the
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symbol is defined anywhere, the common symbols are treated as undefined
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references.
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The lower case \fIc\fR character is used when the symbol is in a
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special section for small commons.
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.ie n .IP """D""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWD\fR 4
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.IX Item "D"
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.PD 0
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.ie n .IP """d""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWd\fR 4
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.IX Item "d"
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.PD
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The symbol is in the initialized data section.
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.ie n .IP """G""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWG\fR 4
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.IX Item "G"
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.PD 0
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.ie n .IP """g""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWg\fR 4
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.IX Item "g"
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.PD
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The symbol is in an initialized data section for small objects. Some
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object file formats permit more efficient access to small data objects,
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such as a global int variable as opposed to a large global array.
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.ie n .IP """i""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWi\fR 4
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.IX Item "i"
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For PE format files this indicates that the symbol is in a section
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specific to the implementation of DLLs.
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.Sp
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For ELF format files this indicates that the symbol is an indirect
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function. This is a GNU extension to the standard set of ELF symbol
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types. It indicates a symbol which if referenced by a relocation does
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not evaluate to its address, but instead must be invoked at runtime.
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The runtime execution will then return the value to be used in the
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relocation.
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.Sp
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Note \- the actual symbols display for GNU indirect symbols is
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controlled by the \fB\-\-ifunc\-chars\fR command line option. If this
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option has been provided then the first character in the string will
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be used for global indirect function symbols. If the string contains
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a second character then that will be used for local indirect function
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symbols.
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.ie n .IP """I""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWI\fR 4
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.IX Item "I"
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The symbol is an indirect reference to another symbol.
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.ie n .IP """N""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWN\fR 4
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.IX Item "N"
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The symbol is a debugging symbol.
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.ie n .IP """n""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWn\fR 4
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.IX Item "n"
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The symbol is in a non-data, non-code, non-debug read-only section.
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.ie n .IP """p""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWp\fR 4
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.IX Item "p"
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The symbol is in a stack unwind section.
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.ie n .IP """R""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWR\fR 4
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.IX Item "R"
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.PD 0
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.ie n .IP """r""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWr\fR 4
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.IX Item "r"
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.PD
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The symbol is in a read only data section.
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.ie n .IP """S""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWS\fR 4
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.IX Item "S"
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.PD 0
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.ie n .IP """s""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWs\fR 4
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.IX Item "s"
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.PD
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The symbol is in an uninitialized or zero-initialized data section
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for small objects.
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.ie n .IP """T""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWT\fR 4
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.IX Item "T"
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.PD 0
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.ie n .IP """t""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWt\fR 4
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.IX Item "t"
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.PD
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The symbol is in the text (code) section.
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.ie n .IP """U""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWU\fR 4
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.IX Item "U"
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The symbol is undefined.
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.ie n .IP """u""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWu\fR 4
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.IX Item "u"
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The symbol is a unique global symbol. This is a GNU extension to the
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standard set of ELF symbol bindings. For such a symbol the dynamic linker
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will make sure that in the entire process there is just one symbol with
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this name and type in use.
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.ie n .IP """V""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWV\fR 4
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.IX Item "V"
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.PD 0
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.ie n .IP """v""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWv\fR 4
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.IX Item "v"
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.PD
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The symbol is a weak object. When a weak defined symbol is linked with
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a normal defined symbol, the normal defined symbol is used with no error.
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When a weak undefined symbol is linked and the symbol is not defined,
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the value of the weak symbol becomes zero with no error. On some
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systems, uppercase indicates that a default value has been specified.
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.ie n .IP """W""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWW\fR 4
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.IX Item "W"
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.PD 0
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.ie n .IP """w""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWw\fR 4
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.IX Item "w"
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.PD
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The symbol is a weak symbol that has not been specifically tagged as a
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weak object symbol. When a weak defined symbol is linked with a normal
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defined symbol, the normal defined symbol is used with no error.
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When a weak undefined symbol is linked and the symbol is not defined,
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the value of the symbol is determined in a system-specific manner without
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error. On some systems, uppercase indicates that a default value has been
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specified.
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.ie n .IP """\-""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CW\-\fR 4
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.IX Item "-"
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The symbol is a stabs symbol in an a.out object file. In this case, the
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next values printed are the stabs other field, the stabs desc field, and
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the stab type. Stabs symbols are used to hold debugging information.
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.ie n .IP """?""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CW?\fR 4
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.IX Item "?"
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The symbol type is unknown, or object file format specific.
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.RE
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.RS 4
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.RE
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.IP \(bu 4
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The symbol name. If a symbol has version information associated with it,
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then the version information is displayed as well. If the versioned
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symbol is undefined or hidden from linker, the version string is displayed
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as a suffix to the symbol name, preceded by an @ character. For example
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\&\fBfoo@VER_1\fR. If the version is the default version to be used when
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resolving unversioned references to the symbol, then it is displayed as a
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suffix preceded by two @ characters. For example \fBfoo@@VER_2\fR.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.IX Header "OPTIONS"
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The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are
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equivalent.
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.IP \fB\-A\fR 4
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.IX Item "-A"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-o\fR 4
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.IX Item "-o"
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.IP \fB\-\-print\-file\-name\fR 4
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.IX Item "--print-file-name"
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.PD
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Precede each symbol by the name of the input file (or archive member)
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in which it was found, rather than identifying the input file once only,
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before all of its symbols.
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.IP \fB\-a\fR 4
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.IX Item "-a"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-debug\-syms\fR 4
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.IX Item "--debug-syms"
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.PD
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Display all symbols, even debugger-only symbols; normally these are not
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listed.
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.IP \fB\-B\fR 4
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.IX Item "-B"
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The same as \fB\-\-format=bsd\fR (for compatibility with the MIPS \fBnm\fR).
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.IP \fB\-C\fR 4
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.IX Item "-C"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-demangle[=\fR\fIstyle\fR\fB]\fR 4
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.IX Item "--demangle[=style]"
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.PD
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Decode (\fIdemangle\fR) low-level symbol names into user-level names.
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Besides removing any initial underscore prepended by the system, this
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makes C++ function names readable. Different compilers have different
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mangling styles. The optional demangling style argument can be used to
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choose an appropriate demangling style for your compiler.
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.IP \fB\-\-no\-demangle\fR 4
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.IX Item "--no-demangle"
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Do not demangle low-level symbol names. This is the default.
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.IP \fB\-\-recurse\-limit\fR 4
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.IX Item "--recurse-limit"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-no\-recurse\-limit\fR 4
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.IX Item "--no-recurse-limit"
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.IP \fB\-\-recursion\-limit\fR 4
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.IX Item "--recursion-limit"
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.IP \fB\-\-no\-recursion\-limit\fR 4
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.IX Item "--no-recursion-limit"
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.PD
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Enables or disables a limit on the amount of recursion performed
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whilst demangling strings. Since the name mangling formats allow for
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an infinite level of recursion it is possible to create strings whose
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decoding will exhaust the amount of stack space available on the host
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machine, triggering a memory fault. The limit tries to prevent this
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from happening by restricting recursion to 2048 levels of nesting.
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.Sp
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The default is for this limit to be enabled, but disabling it may be
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necessary in order to demangle truly complicated names. Note however
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that if the recursion limit is disabled then stack exhaustion is
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possible and any bug reports about such an event will be rejected.
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.IP \fB\-D\fR 4
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.IX Item "-D"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-dynamic\fR 4
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.IX Item "--dynamic"
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.PD
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Display the dynamic symbols rather than the normal symbols. This is
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only meaningful for dynamic objects, such as certain types of shared
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libraries.
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.IP "\fB\-f\fR \fIformat\fR" 4
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.IX Item "-f format"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-format=\fR\fIformat\fR 4
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.IX Item "--format=format"
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.PD
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Use the output format \fIformat\fR, which can be \f(CW\*(C`bsd\*(C'\fR,
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\&\f(CW\*(C`sysv\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`posix\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`just\-symbols\*(C'\fR. The default is \f(CW\*(C`bsd\*(C'\fR.
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Only the first character of \fIformat\fR is significant; it can be
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either upper or lower case.
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.IP \fB\-g\fR 4
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.IX Item "-g"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-extern\-only\fR 4
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.IX Item "--extern-only"
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.PD
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Display only external symbols.
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.IP \fB\-h\fR 4
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.IX Item "-h"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-help\fR 4
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.IX Item "--help"
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.PD
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Show a summary of the options to \fBnm\fR and exit.
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.IP \fB\-\-ifunc\-chars=\fR\fICHARS\fR 4
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.IX Item "--ifunc-chars=CHARS"
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When display GNU indirect function symbols \fBnm\fR will default
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to using the \f(CW\*(C`i\*(C'\fR character for both local indirect functions and
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global indirect functions. The \fB\-\-ifunc\-chars\fR option allows
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the user to specify a string containing one or two characters. The
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first character will be used for global indirect function symbols and
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the second character, if present, will be used for local indirect
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function symbols.
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.IP \fBj\fR 4
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.IX Item "j"
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The same as \fB\-\-format=just\-symbols\fR.
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.IP \fB\-l\fR 4
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.IX Item "-l"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-line\-numbers\fR 4
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.IX Item "--line-numbers"
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.PD
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For each symbol, use debugging information to try to find a filename and
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line number. For a defined symbol, look for the line number of the
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address of the symbol. For an undefined symbol, look for the line
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number of a relocation entry which refers to the symbol. If line number
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information can be found, print it after the other symbol information.
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.IP \fB\-\-inlines\fR 4
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.IX Item "--inlines"
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When option \fB\-l\fR is active, if the address belongs to a
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function that was inlined, then this option causes the source
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information for all enclosing scopes back to the first non-inlined
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function to be printed as well. For example, if \f(CW\*(C`main\*(C'\fR inlines
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\&\f(CW\*(C`callee1\*(C'\fR which inlines \f(CW\*(C`callee2\*(C'\fR, and address is from
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\&\f(CW\*(C`callee2\*(C'\fR, the source information for \f(CW\*(C`callee1\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`main\*(C'\fR
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will also be printed.
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.IP \fB\-n\fR 4
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.IX Item "-n"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-v\fR 4
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.IX Item "-v"
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.IP \fB\-\-numeric\-sort\fR 4
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.IX Item "--numeric-sort"
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.PD
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Sort symbols numerically by their addresses, rather than alphabetically
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by their names.
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.IP \fB\-p\fR 4
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.IX Item "-p"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-no\-sort\fR 4
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.IX Item "--no-sort"
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.PD
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Do not bother to sort the symbols in any order; print them in the order
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encountered.
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.IP \fB\-P\fR 4
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.IX Item "-P"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-portability\fR 4
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.IX Item "--portability"
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.PD
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Use the POSIX.2 standard output format instead of the default format.
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Equivalent to \fB\-f posix\fR.
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.IP \fB\-r\fR 4
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.IX Item "-r"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-reverse\-sort\fR 4
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.IX Item "--reverse-sort"
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.PD
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Reverse the order of the sort (whether numeric or alphabetic); let the
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last come first.
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.IP \fB\-S\fR 4
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.IX Item "-S"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-print\-size\fR 4
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.IX Item "--print-size"
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.PD
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Print both value and size of defined symbols for the \f(CW\*(C`bsd\*(C'\fR output style.
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This option has no effect for object formats that do not record symbol
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sizes, unless \fB\-\-size\-sort\fR is also used in which case a
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calculated size is displayed.
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.IP \fB\-s\fR 4
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.IX Item "-s"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-print\-armap\fR 4
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.IX Item "--print-armap"
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.PD
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When listing symbols from archive members, include the index: a mapping
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(stored in the archive by \fBar\fR or \fBranlib\fR) of which modules
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contain definitions for which names.
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.IP "\fB\-t\fR \fIradix\fR" 4
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.IX Item "-t radix"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-radix=\fR\fIradix\fR 4
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.IX Item "--radix=radix"
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.PD
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Use \fIradix\fR as the radix for printing the symbol values. It must be
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\&\fBd\fR for decimal, \fBo\fR for octal, or \fBx\fR for hexadecimal.
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.IP \fB\-u\fR 4
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.IX Item "-u"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-undefined\-only\fR 4
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.IX Item "--undefined-only"
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.PD
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Display only undefined symbols (those external to each object file).
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By default both defined and undefined symbols are displayed.
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.IP \fB\-U\fR 4
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.IX Item "-U"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-defined\-only\fR 4
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.IX Item "--defined-only"
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.PD
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Display only defined symbols for each object file.
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By default both defined and undefined symbols are displayed.
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.IP \fB\-V\fR 4
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.IX Item "-V"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-version\fR 4
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.IX Item "--version"
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.PD
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Show the version number of \fBnm\fR and exit.
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.IP \fB\-X\fR 4
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.IX Item "-X"
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This option is ignored for compatibility with the AIX version of
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\&\fBnm\fR. It takes one parameter which must be the string
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\&\fB32_64\fR. The default mode of AIX \fBnm\fR corresponds
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to \fB\-X 32\fR, which is not supported by GNU \fBnm\fR.
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.IP "\fB\-\-plugin\fR \fIname\fR" 4
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.IX Item "--plugin name"
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Load the plugin called \fIname\fR to add support for extra target
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types. This option is only available if the toolchain has been built
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with plugin support enabled.
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.Sp
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If \fB\-\-plugin\fR is not provided, but plugin support has been
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enabled then \fBnm\fR iterates over the files in
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\&\fI${libdir}/bfd\-plugins\fR in alphabetic order and the first
|
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plugin that claims the object in question is used.
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.Sp
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Please note that this plugin search directory is \fInot\fR the one
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used by \fBld\fR's \fB\-plugin\fR option. In order to make
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\&\fBnm\fR use the linker plugin it must be copied into the
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\&\fI${libdir}/bfd\-plugins\fR directory. For GCC based compilations
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|
the linker plugin is called \fIliblto_plugin.so.0.0.0\fR. For Clang
|
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based compilations it is called \fILLVMgold.so\fR. The GCC plugin
|
|
is always backwards compatible with earlier versions, so it is
|
|
sufficient to just copy the newest one.
|
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.IP \fB\-\-size\-sort\fR 4
|
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.IX Item "--size-sort"
|
|
Sort symbols by size. For ELF objects symbol sizes are read from the
|
|
ELF, for other object types the symbol sizes are computed as the
|
|
difference between the value of the symbol and the value of the symbol
|
|
with the next higher value. If the \f(CW\*(C`bsd\*(C'\fR output format is used
|
|
the size of the symbol is printed, rather than the value, and
|
|
\&\fB\-S\fR must be used in order both size and value to be printed.
|
|
.Sp
|
|
Note \- this option does not work if \fB\-\-undefined\-only\fR has been
|
|
enabled as undefined symbols have no size.
|
|
.IP \fB\-\-special\-syms\fR 4
|
|
.IX 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 in the normal symbol lists.
|
|
For example for ARM targets this option would skip the mapping symbols
|
|
used to mark transitions between ARM code, THUMB code and data.
|
|
.IP \fB\-\-synthetic\fR 4
|
|
.IX Item "--synthetic"
|
|
Include synthetic symbols in the output. These are special symbols
|
|
created by the linker for various purposes. They are not shown by
|
|
default since they are not part of the binary's original source code.
|
|
.IP \fB\-\-unicode=\fR\fI[default|invalid|locale|escape|hex|highlight]\fR 4
|
|
.IX Item "--unicode=[default|invalid|locale|escape|hex|highlight]"
|
|
Controls the display of UTF\-8 encoded multibyte characters in strings.
|
|
The default (\fB\-\-unicode=default\fR) is to give them no special
|
|
treatment. The \fB\-\-unicode=locale\fR option displays the sequence
|
|
in the current locale, which may or may not support them. The options
|
|
\&\fB\-\-unicode=hex\fR and \fB\-\-unicode=invalid\fR display them as
|
|
hex byte sequences enclosed by either angle brackets or curly braces.
|
|
.Sp
|
|
The \fB\-\-unicode=escape\fR option displays them as escape sequences
|
|
(\fI\euxxxx\fR) and the \fB\-\-unicode=highlight\fR option displays
|
|
them as escape sequences highlighted in red (if supported by the
|
|
output device). The colouring is intended to draw attention to the
|
|
presence of unicode sequences where they might not be expected.
|
|
.IP \fB\-W\fR 4
|
|
.IX Item "-W"
|
|
.PD 0
|
|
.IP \fB\-\-no\-weak\fR 4
|
|
.IX Item "--no-weak"
|
|
.PD
|
|
Do not display weak symbols.
|
|
.IP \fB\-\-with\-symbol\-versions\fR 4
|
|
.IX Item "--with-symbol-versions"
|
|
.PD 0
|
|
.IP \fB\-\-without\-symbol\-versions\fR 4
|
|
.IX Item "--without-symbol-versions"
|
|
.PD
|
|
Enables or disables the display of symbol version information. The
|
|
version string is displayed as a suffix to the symbol name, preceded
|
|
by an @ character. For example \fBfoo@VER_1\fR. If the version is
|
|
the default version to be used when resolving unversioned references
|
|
to the symbol then it is displayed as a suffix preceded by two @
|
|
characters. For example \fBfoo@@VER_2\fR. By default, symbol
|
|
version information is displayed.
|
|
.IP \fB\-\-target=\fR\fIbfdname\fR 4
|
|
.IX Item "--target=bfdname"
|
|
Specify an object code format other than your system's default format.
|
|
.IP \fB@\fR\fIfile\fR 4
|
|
.IX Item "@file"
|
|
Read command-line options from \fIfile\fR. The options read are
|
|
inserted in place of the original @\fIfile\fR option. If \fIfile\fR
|
|
does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated
|
|
literally, and not removed.
|
|
.Sp
|
|
Options in \fIfile\fR are separated by whitespace. A whitespace
|
|
character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
|
|
option in either single or double quotes. Any character (including a
|
|
backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be included
|
|
with a backslash. The \fIfile\fR may itself contain additional
|
|
@\fIfile\fR options; any such options will be processed recursively.
|
|
.SH "SEE ALSO"
|
|
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
|
|
\&\fBar\fR\|(1), \fBobjdump\fR\|(1), \fBranlib\fR\|(1), and the Info entries for \fIbinutils\fR.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
|
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.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
|
|
Copyright (c) 1991\-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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.PP
|
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
|
|
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
|
|
or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
|
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with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
|
|
Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the
|
|
section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
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