reading a object file

[Yogendra]

Hi,
I have a myname.o object file but i dont have the source code for the same.
Is there any way by which I can convert the myname.o to get the .c/.cc file.
I mean can a object file be converted to source file?

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

I dont think so. The most would be an assembler listing.

greetings,

Michael

[A. Clay Stephenson]

In a word, no. The best you can do is disassemble the object to get to assembly source but I doubt that will do you much good.

[Yogendra]

Hi,
How will i do the assembler listing?
could you please tell me the command

[Alzhy]

What you are asking is to "reverse-engineer" an object file... Doable but difficult.. one would have to deal with assembler code here...

[James Lynch]

Many many moons ago there was a program called uncc that would take assembly code and convert it back into C code. The problem was that the resulting C code was unreadable and did not look anything like the original sorce code. This made the tool virtually unusable, unless it was used by the most savy individual.

That issue coupled with the social ramification of being able steal one's source code by having only the binaries, sealed this tool's fate.

JL