NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     elfdump -- display information about ELF files

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     elfdump -a | -cdeGhinprs [-w file] file

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The elfdump utility dumps various information about the specified ELF
     file.

     The options are as follows:

     -a       Dump all information.

     -c       Dump shared headers.

     -d       Dump dynamic symbols.

     -e       Dump ELF header.

     -G       Dump the GOT.

     -h       Dump the hash values.

     -i       Dump the dynamic interpreter.

     -n       Dump note sections.

     -p       Dump the program header.

     -r       Dump relocations.

     -s       Dump the symbol table.

     -w file  Write output to a file instead of the standard output.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The following is an example of a typical usage of the elfdump command:

	   elfdump -a -w output /bin/ls

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The elfdump utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     objdump(1), readelf(1)

     AT&T Unix Systems Labs, System V Application Binary Interface,
     http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/.

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The elfdump utility first appeared in FreeBSD 5.0.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The elfdump utility was written by Jake Burkholder <[email protected]>.
     This manual page was written by David O'Brien <[email protected]>.

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

     Does not fully implement the ELF gABI.


FreeBSD 5.2.1		       January 15, 2003 		 FreeBSD 5.2.1