pdb2mdb(1)						      General Commands Manual							pdb2mdb(1)

NAME

       pdb2mdb - Program Database to Mono Debugging Symbol converter.

SYNOPSIS

       pdb2mdb pdb_file

DESCRIPTION

       This  tool  is  used  to convert debugging symbols generated by Microsoft's compilers into debugging symbols that can be consumed by Mono's
       runtime.

       Program Database files are files that end with the extension .pdb and are associated with a library or executable (a .dll  or  .exe  file).
       This  format  was until recently not documented so Mono used its own file format for storing debugging information, the Mono debugging for-
       mat.

       Just like PDB files Mono Debugging information is stored in files that reside side-by-side with a program executable or a library.

       You can use the pdb2mdb tool to transform these PDB files into MDB files that Mono can then consume to debug programs or provide  line-num-
       ber information for stack traces or exceptions.

LICENSE

       The  pdb2mdb tool is  released under the terms of the Microsoft Public License (MS-PL).	JB Evain wrote the tool.   The PDB reading support
       came from Microsoft Common Compiler Infrastructure.

SEE ALSO

       mono(1), mdb(1)

WEB SITE

       http://www.mono-project.com

								   23 April 2009							pdb2mdb(1)