Re: [OOT] About the symbols in binary file.

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On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:56 AM, nilesh <nilesh.tayade@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The question is not completely related to kernel. But I came across
> similar question when debugging in kernel.
>
> I tried dissecting the SSL library using 'nm' command. It is showing the
> list of symbols along with some generic addresses (to be used when
> relocating).
> Also there are some characters 't', 'T', 'U'. I guess these correspond
> to properties of symbols - like static, extern etc.
>
> Could someone please point out what exactly each character corresponds to?
> I mean looking at the character, we should be able to denote if it's a
> static symbol or inline etc. Do we have any such mapping?

man nm :)

thanks,
Daniel.

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