dump(1)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO

NAME

dump- dump selected parts of an object file

SYNOPSIS

dump [-aCcfghLorstV] [-T index[,indexn]] filename...
dump [-afhorstL[v]] filename...
dump [-hsr[-d number[,numbern]]] filename...
dump [-hsrt[-n name]] filename...

DESCRIPTION

The dump utility dumps selected parts of each of its object file arguments.

The dump utility is best suited for use in shell scripts, whereas the elfdump(1) command is recommended for more human-readable output.

OPTIONS

This utility 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 an archive.

-c

Dump the string table(s).

-C

Dump decoded C++ symbol table names.

-f

Dump each file header.

-g

Dump the global symbols in the symbol table of an archive.

-h

Dump the section headers.

-L

Dump dynamic linking information and static shared library information, if available.

-o

Dump each program execution header.

-r

Dump relocation information.

-s

Dump section contents in hexadecimal.

-t

Dump symbol table entries.

-T index or -T index1,index2

Dump only the indexed symbol table entry defined by index or a range of entries defined by index1,index2.

-V

Print version information.

The following modifiers are used in conjunction with the options listed above to modify their capabilities.

-d number or -d number1,number2

Dump the section number indicated by number or the range of sections starting at number1 and ending at number2. This modifier can be used with -h, -s, and -r. When -d is used with -h or -s, the argument is treated as the number of a section or range of sections. When -d is used with -r, the argument is treated as the number of the section or range of sections to which the relocation applies. For example, to print out all relocation entries associated with the .text section, specify the number of the section as the argument to -d. If .text is section number 2 in the file, dump -r -d 2 will print all associated entries. To print out a specific relocation section, use dump -s -n name for raw data output, or dump -sv -n name for interpreted output.

-n name

Dump information pertaining only to the named entity. This modifier can be used with -h, -s, -r, and -t. When -n is used with -h or -s, the argument will be treated as the name of a section. When -n is used with -t or -r, the argument will be treated as the name of a symbol. For example, dump -t -n .text will dump the symbol table entry associated with the symbol whose name is .text, where dump -h -n .text will dump the section header information for the .text section.

-p

Suppress printing of the headings.

-v

Dump information in symbolic representation rather than numeric. This modifier can be used with

-a

(date, user id, group id)

-f

(class, data, type, machine, version, flags)

-h

(type, flags)

-L

(value)

-o

(type, flags)

-r

(name, type)

-s

(interpret section contents wherever possible)

-t

(type, bind)

When -v is used with -s, all sections that can be interpreted, such as the string table or symbol table, will be interpreted. For example, dump -sv -n .symtab filename. . . will produce the same formatted output as dump -tv filename. . . , but dump -s -n .symtab filename. . . will print raw data in hexadecimal. Without additional modifiers, dump -sv filename. . . will dump all sections in the files, interpreting all those that it can and dumping the rest (such as .text or .data) as raw data.

The dump utility attempts to format the information it dumps in a meaningful way, printing certain information in character, hexadecimal, octal or decimal representation as appropriate.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWbtool

SEE ALSO

elfdump(1), nm(1), a.out(4), ar(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.8  Last Revised 2 Mar 1999

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO