dis(1)								   User Commands							    dis(1)

NAME

       dis - object code disassembler

SYNOPSIS

       dis [-onqCLV] [-d sec] [-D sec] [-F function]
	    [-l string] [-t sec] file...

DESCRIPTION

       The  dis  command  produces  an	assembly  language listing of file, which can be an object file or an archive of object files. The listing
       includes assembly statements and an octal or hexadecimal representation of the binary that produced those statements.

OPTIONS

       Options are interpreted by the disassembler and can be specified in any order.

       The following options are supported:

       -C	      Displays demangled C++ symbol names in the disassembly.

       -d sec	      Disassembles the named section as data, printing the offset of the data from the beginning of the section.

       -D sec	      Disassembles the named section as data, printing the actual address of the data.

       -F function    Disassembles only the named function in each object file specified on the command line. The -F option can be specified  mul-
		      tiple times on the command line.

       -l string      Disassembles  the  archive  file	specified by string. For example, one would issue the command dis -l x -l z to disassemble
		      libx.a and libz.a, which are assumed to be in LIBDIR.

		      This option is obsolete and might be removed in a future release of Solaris.

       -L	      Invokes a lookup of C-language source labels in the symbol table for subsequent writing to standard output.

		      This option is obsolete and might be removed in a future release of Solaris.

       -n	      Displays all addresses numerically. Addresses are displayed using symbolic names by default.

       -o	      Prints numbers in octal. The default is hexadecimal.

       -q	      Quiet mode.  Does not print any headers or function entry labels.

       -t sec	      Disassembles the named section as text.

       -V	      Prints, on standard error, the version number of the disassembler being executed.

		      This option is obsolete and might be removed in a future release of Solaris.

       If the -d, -D, or -t options are specified, only those named sections from each user-supplied file is disassembled. Otherwise, all sections
       containing text is disassembled.

       On  output,  a  number  enclosed in brackets at the beginning of a line, such as [5], indicates that the break-pointable line number starts
       with the following instruction. These line numbers is printed only if the file was compiled  with  additional  debugging  information,  for
       example, the -g option of cc(1B). An expression such as <40> in the operand field or in the symbolic disassembly, following a relative dis-
       placement for control transfer instructions, is the computed address within the section to which control is transferred.  A  function  name
       appears in the first column, followed by () if the object file contains a symbol table.

OPERANDS

       The following operand is supported:

       file    A path name of an object file or an archive (see ar(1)) of object files.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See  environ(5)	for  descriptions  of  the  following  environment  variables that affect the execution of dis: LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, and
       NLSPATH.

       LIBDIR	 If this environment variable contains a value, use this as the path to search for the library. If the variable  contains  a  null
		 value, or is not set, it defaults to searching for the library under /usr/lib.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0     Successful completion.

       >0    An error occurred.

FILES

       /usr/lib    default LIBDIR

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWbtool 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |See below.		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       The human readable output is Unstable. The command line options are Evolving.

SEE ALSO

       ar(1), as(1), cc(1B), ld(1), a.out(4), attributes(5), environ(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

       The self-explanatory diagnostics indicate errors in the command line or problems encountered with the specified files.

SunOS 5.11							    28 Jun 2007 							    dis(1)