| GNU Binutils | |
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| Developer | GNU Project |
| Latest release | 2.18 (August 2007) |
| Genre | programming tools |
| License | GPL |
| Website | www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ |
The GNU Binary Utilities, or binutils, is a collection of programming tools for the manipulation of object code in various object file formats. The current versions were originally written by programmers at Cygnus Solutions using the Binary File Descriptor library (libbfd). They are typically used in conjunction with GNU Compiler Collection, make, and GDB. Originally the package consisted of only the minor utilities, but later the GNU Assembler (GAS) and GNU Linker (GLD) were included in releases, since their functionality is so closely related. Most of the binutils are rather simple programs. Most of the complexity is encapsulated in the libbfd and libopcodes libraries, which they share. The original BFD versions were written by David Henkel-Wallace and Steve Chamberlain. Past maintainers have included Ken Raeburn and Ian Lance Taylor. As of 2005 the current maintainer is Nick Clifton.
Commands
The binutils include the following commands:
as |
assembler |
ld |
linker |
gprof |
profiler |
addr2line |
convert address to file and line |
ar |
create, modify, and extract from archives |
c++filt |
demangling filter for C++ symbols |
dlltool |
creation of Windows dynamic-link libraries |
nlmconv |
object file conversion to a NetWare Loadable Module |
nm |
list symbols in object files |
objcopy |
copy object files, possibly making changes |
objdump |
dump information about object files |
ranlib |
generate indexes for archives |
readelf |
display content of ELF files |
size |
list total and section sizes |
strings |
list printable strings |
strip |
remove symbols from an object file |
windmc |
generates Windows message resources |
windres |
compiler for Windows resource files |
See also
| Free software Portal |
External links
- GNU Binary Utilities homepage
- GNU Binary Utilities manual
- Forum — archiving binutils mailing lists into a searchable forum.
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