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GNU software development tools for executable code From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The GNU Binary Utilities, or binutils, is a collection of programming tools maintained by the GNU Project for working with executable code including assembly, linking and many other development operations.
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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.
The tools include:
as | assembler popularly known as GAS (GNU 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 |
gold | alternative linker for ELF files |
nlmconv | object file conversion to a NetWare Loadable Module |
nm | list symbols exported by object files |
objcopy | copy object files, possibly making changes |
objdump | dump information about object files |
ranlib | generate indices for archives (for compatibility; same as ar -s) |
readelf | display contents of ELF files |
size | list section sizes and total size of binary files |
strings | list printable strings |
strip | remove symbols from object files |
windmc | generates Windows message resources |
windres | compiler for Windows resource files |
Ulrich Drepper wrote elfutils, 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.[2][3]
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