GNU Binutils

 ( Binutils : Official Website ) 

The GNU Binary Utilities, or , is a collection of maintained by the GNU Project for working with executable code including assembly, linking and many other development operations.

The tools are originally from Cygnus Solutions.

The tools are typically used along with other GNU tools such as GNU Compiler Collection, and the GNU Debugger.

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Tools The tools include:

assembler popularly known as GAS (GNU Assembler)

linker

profiler

convert address to file and line

create, modify, and extract from archive file

demangling filter for C++ symbols

creation of Windows dynamic-link libraries

alternative linker for ELF files

object file conversion to a NetWare Loadable Module

list symbols exported by object files

copy object files, possibly making changes

dump information about object files

generate indices for archives (for compatibility; same as )

display contents of ELF files

list section sizes and total size of binary files

list printable strings

remove symbols from object files

generates Windows message resources

compiler for Windows resource files

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elfutils Ulrich Drepper wrote , to partially replace GNU Binutils, purely for Linux and with support only for ELF and DWARF. It distributes three libraries with it for programmatic access. elfutils home elfutils at Drepper's home

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See also

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External links

• The ELF Tool Chain Project : the BSD license similar project ( mirror)

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