ELF file format

Nick Clifton nickc@redhat.com
Thu Mar 4 12:14:00 GMT 2004


Hi Siva,

>   Is there any reader utility which can read the .o
> files generated by the assembler.

Yes - objdump.  If the files are in the ELF format then the readelf
program can also read them.

>   I want to get the .text, .data, .bss from the object
> file.

What information do you want about these sections ?  Their size ?
Their contents ?  There position in the file ?

>   I am aware of the "size" bin utility.
>   When i give the object file as input to the "size"
>    utility it is not accepting it.
>   It is saying that the file format not recognized

Which version of the binutils sources are you using ?  How did you
build these sources ?  How did you build the object file that size
does not recognise ?

The size program is able to display the sizes of object files whose
format it recognises.

Cheers
        Nick

PS.  Please reply to the list and not to me directly.



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