NAME

       pdb2mdb - Program Database to Mono Debugging Symbol converter.

SYNOPSIS

       pdb2mdb pdb_file

DESCRIPTION

       This  tool is used to convert debugging symbols generated by Microsoft's compilers into debugging symbols
       that can be consumed by Mono's runtime.

       Program Database files are files that end with the extension .pdb and are associated with  a  library  or
       executable  (a  .dll  or  .exe file).  This format was until recently not documented so Mono used its own
       file format for storing debugging information, the Mono debugging format.

       Just like PDB files Mono Debugging information is stored in files that reside side-by-side with a program
       executable or a library.

       You  can  use  the pdb2mdb tool to transform these PDB files into MDB files that Mono can then consume to
       debug programs or provide line-number information for stack traces or exceptions.

LICENSE

       The pdb2mdb tool is  released under the terms of the Microsoft Public License (MS-PL).   JB  Evain  wrote
       the tool.   The PDB reading support came from Microsoft Common Compiler Infrastructure.

SEE ALSO

       mono(1), mdb(1)

WEB SITE

       http://www.mono-project.com

                                                  23 April 2009                                       pdb2mdb(1)