How do I read what is in a shared library (.sl)

[Ian Warner]

I have a list of .sl files, one of which contains a particular entry point. How do I check each .sl to discover which one it is?

[Steve Lewis · Accepted solution]

Use the nm command on the shared library file to get the symbols (functions and data structures).

[Rainer von Bongartz]

use nm

nm - print name list of common object file


Regards
Rainer

[ranganath ramachandra]

use "odump -slexp libname.sl | grep -v Unsat" for PA32 and "elfdump -t libname.sl | grep -v UNDEF" for PA64/IA shared libraries.

[Saravanan_11]

Hai,

We can find the printable strings in a shared library with the help of strings command.

nm command : To print name list of common object file. i.e Symbol table information is printed thru nm command.

strings command : To find the printable strings in an object or other binary file

# strings libcma.sl | grep cma__get_mutex
cma__get_mutex
cma__get_mutex
# nm libcma.sl | grep cma__get_mutex
cma__get_mutex | 128736|uext |stub |
cma__get_mutex | 206536|extern|entry |
cma__get_mutex | 206560|extern|code |$CODE$
ma__get_mutex | 398952|uext |stub |
#

# elfdump -tx test | grep read
3 SECT LOCL 0 0x1d (0x1d ) 0x400000e0 0 __thread_specific_seg
40 FUNC WEAK 0 UNDEF (UNDEF ) 0x0422b740 0 read
80 FUNC WEAK 0 UNDEF (UNDEF ) 0x0422b740 0 read
#

we can find with elfdump -tx option in IPF machine

Regards,
Saravanan