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Old 09-04-2009
How to obtain list of object files in a shared (dynamic) library?
How can I simply obtain a list of the object files in a shared (dynamic) library.
I am looking for the equivalent of "ar -t <lib>" for archived (static) libraries.

Thanks in advance. Smilie

---------- Post updated at 01:47 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:16 PM ----------

The closest I have been able to come is something like:
nm -An <lib> | grep FILE
Smilie
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Old 09-05-2009
readelf (usually on linux but -- any ELF object file on any platform that supports ELF)

will read a shared library. Shared libraries are the product of link edit -- ld. They are not the product of ar. They don't retain the names of source files for the symbols in the ELF file by default. Or if you think I'm not correct read the ELF file specs yourself. Search for "source"

http://www.skyfree.org/linux/references/ELF_Format.pdf

Note: The .line specification is for debugging executable images and relating a source file and the object code to one another. When objectds are compiled in debug mode.
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