debian man page for pbc_dump

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NAME
       pbc_dump - Dump or convert Parrot bytecode (PBC) files

SYNOPSIS
	pbc_dump [-tdh] [--terse|--disassemble|--header-only] file.pbc

	pbc_dump -o converted.pbc file.pbc

DESCRIPTION
       A program to dump pack files to human readable form.

   Command-Line Options
       "-d"
	   Disassemble bytecode segments.

       "-h"
	   Dump the bytecode header only.

       "-t"
	   Terse output.

       "-o converted.pbc"
	   Repacks a PBC file into the platform's native binary format for better efficiency on reading non-native PBCs.

   Functions
       "static void const_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *segp)"
	   Dump the constant table.

       "static void disas_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"
	   Disassemble and dump.

       "static void nums_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"
	   Disassembles and dumps op names and line numbers only.

       "static void null_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"
	   Produces no output for the given segment type.

       "static void null_dir_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"
	   Dumps all of the segments of the given PackFile_Directory, but produces no output for the directory itself.

       "static void PackFile_header_dump(PARROT_INTERP, PackFile *pf)"
	   Dump the header.

       "static void help(void)"
	   Print out the user help info.

       "int main(int argc, const char **argv)"
	   The run loop. Process the command-line arguments and dump accordingly.

SEE ALSO
       src/packdump.c.

Debian Project							    2012-01-08								 MAIN.C(1)