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ctfdump

CTFDUMP(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						CTFDUMP(1)

NAME

     ctfdump -- dump the SUNW_ctf section of an ELF file

SYNOPSIS

     ctfdump [-dfhlsSt] -u file file

DESCRIPTION

     The ctfdump utility dumps the contents of the CTF data section (SUNW_ctf) present in an ELF binary file.  This section was previously created
     with ctfconvert(1) or ctfmerge(1).

     The following options are available:

     -d      Show the data object section.

     -f      Show the function section.

     -h      Show the header.

     -l      Show the label section.

     -s      Show the string table.

     -S      Show statistics.

     -t      Show the type section.

     -u ufile
	     Write the uncompressed CTF data to a raw CTF file called ufile.

EXIT STATUS

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

SEE ALSO

     ctfconvert(1), ctfmerge(1)

HISTORY

     The ctfdump utility first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.

AUTHORS

     The CTF utilities came from OpenSolaris.

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								   July 7, 2010 							       BSD

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