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ctfmerge

CTFMERGE(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 					       CTFMERGE(1)

NAME

     ctfmerge -- merge several CTF data sections into one

SYNOPSIS

     ctfmerge [-fgstv] -l label -L labelenv -o outfile file ...
     ctfmerge [-fgstv] -l label -L labelenv -o outfile -d uniqfile [-g] [-D uniqlabel] file ...
     ctfmerge [-fgstv] -l label -L labelenv -o outfile -w withfile file ...
     ctfmerge [-g] -c srcfile destfile

DESCRIPTION

     The ctfmerge utility merges several CTF data sections from several files into one output file, unifying common data.

     The following options are available:

     -f      Match global symbols to global CTF data.

     -g      Don't delete the original debugging sections.

     -s      Use the .dynsym ELF section instead of the .symtab ELF section.

     -t      Make sure that all object files have a CTF section.

     -v      Enable verbose mode.

     -l label
	     Sets the label as label.

     -L labelenv
	     Instructs ctfmerge to read the label from the environment variable labelenv.

     -o outfile
	     Use outfile to store the merged CTF data.

     -d uniqfile
	     Uniquify against uniqfile.

     -d uniqlabel
	     Uniquify against label uniqlabel

     -w withfile
	     Additive merge with withfile.

     -c srcfile destfile
	     Copy CTF data from srcfile into destfile.

EXIT STATUS

     The ctfmerge utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

     ctfconvert(1), ctfdump(1)

HISTORY

     The ctfmerge utility first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.

AUTHORS

     The CTF utilities came from OpenSolaris.

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								   July 7, 2010 							       BSD