@end ifinfo
@ifinfo
-Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@c This file documents the GNU binary utilities "ar", "ld", "objcopy",
@c "objdump", "nm", "size", "strings", "strip", "readelf" and "ranlib".
@c
-@c Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c
@c This text may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU
@c General Public License.
@smallexample
c++filt [ -_ | --strip-underscores ]
+ [ -j | --java ]
[ -n | --no-strip-underscores ]
[ -s @var{format} | --format=@var{format} ]
[ --help ] [ --version ] [ @var{symbol}@dots{} ]
@end smallexample
-The C++ language provides function overloading, which means that you can
-write many functions with the same name (providing each takes parameters
-of different types). All C++ function names are encoded into a
-low-level assembly label (this process is known as
+The C++ and Java languages provides function overloading, which means
+that you can write many functions with the same name (providing each
+takes parameters of different types). All C++ and Java function names
+are encoded into a low-level assembly label (this process is known as
@dfn{mangling}). The @code{c++filt} program does the inverse mapping: it
decodes (@dfn{demangles}) low-level names into user-level names so that
the linker can keep these overloaded functions from clashing.
name @code{_foo}. This option removes the initial underscore. Whether
@code{c++filt} removes the underscore by default is target dependent.
+@item -j
+@itemx --java
+Prints demangled names using Java syntax. The default is to use C++
+syntax.
+
@item -n
@itemx --no-strip-underscores
Do not remove the initial underscore.
the one used by the Lucid compiler
@item arm
the one specified by the C++ Annotated Reference Manual
+@item hp
+the one used by the HP compiler
+@item edg
+the one used by the EDG compiler
@end table
@item --help
[ -h | --file-header]
[ -l | --program-headers | --segments]
[ -S | --section-headers | --sections]
- [ -s | --symbols]
+ [ -e | --headers]
+ [ -s | --syms | --symbols]
[ -r | --relocs]
[ -d | --dynamic]
[ -V | --version-info]
[ -D | --use-dynamic]
[ -x <number> | --hex-dump=<number>]
+ [ -w[liapr] | --debug-dump[=info,=line,=abbrev,=pubnames,=ranges]]
+ [ --histogram]
[ -v | --version]
[ -H | --help]
@var{elffile}@dots{}
@item -S
@itemx --sections
+@itemx --section-headers
@cindex ELF section information
Displays the information contained in the file's section headers, if it
has any.
@item -s
@itemx --symbols
+@itemx --syms
@cindex ELF symbol table information
Displays the entries in symbol table section of the file, if it has one.
+@item -e
+@itemx --headers
+Display all the headers in the file. Equivalent to @samp{-h -l -S}.
+
@item -r
@itemx --relocs
@cindex ELF reloc information
@itemx --hex-dump=<number>
Displays the contents of the indicated section as a hexadecimal dump.
+@item -w[liapr]
+@itemx --debug-dump[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=ranges]
+Displays the contents of the debug sections in the file, if any are
+present. If one of the optional letters or words follows the switch
+then only data found in those specific sections will be dumped.
+
+@item --histogram
+Display a histogram of bucket list lengths when displaying the contents
+of the symbol tables.
+
@item -v
@itemx --version
Display the version number of readelf.