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- From: smryan@netcom.com (@#$%!?!)
- Subject: Re: list of functions in a lib<>.a file
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- Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 05:30:36 GMT
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- : : : Is there a way that I can get a list of functions in a .a
- : : : library file?
-
- : Don't you mean ar? nm lists the symbols in a .o file, but I don't
- : think I've ever run it on an archive before. ar would be more
- : user friendly anyhow.
-
- : I think it's ar -t for a directory, same as tar.
-
- ar lists the members which may or may not be executables and which may or
- may not more than one function. nm lists entry points, externals, etc in
- executable, binaries, and, at least in some cases, archives.
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