On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 at 06:42, Peng Yu wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to understand where are unnamed string constants are
> defined in symbol tables.
>
> In the following example, the unnamed string constant is "Hello World!".
>
> $ cat a.c
> #include <stdio.h>
> int main() { puts("Hello World!"); }
> $ gcc -c a.c
> $ gcc -o a.out a.o
>
> But I don't find it in the symbol table. Could anybody point to me
> where it is? Thanks.
The ELF format puts string literals in the .rodata section, not the .symtab.
$ readelf -p .rodata a.out
String dump of section '.rodata':
[ 10] Hello World!
