Re: objdump --syms output

[Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>]

Hi Nameer,

> I'm trying to understand the output of objdump --syms.
> True, as the manpage says, it is similar to nm's output,
> but it uses different representations. I can guess some,
> but not all. for example, i guess that "g" is global, and it probably
> like nm's uppercase letters (i.e. T). likewise "l" is probably local.
>
> But - is there a concise manual for this ?

No :-(

> Even nm has a nice explanations for its letters - inside the manpage itself,
> but objdump seems to lack any...

True.  The objdump manpage does mention nm program, but it should place more 
emphasis on the fact that the description of the letters can be found there.

In theory however nm and objdump should be using the same single letter 
abbreviations.  Is there a case where you think that they do not ?

Cheers
  Nick