NAME

       abi-dumper - a tool to dump ABI of an ELF object containing DWARF debug info

DESCRIPTION

   NAME:
              ABI Dumper (abi-dumper) Dump ABI of an ELF object containing DWARF debug info

   DESCRIPTION:
              ABI  Dumper is a tool for dumping ABI information of an ELF object containing DWARF
              debug info.

              The tool is intended to be used with ABI Compliance Checker tool for  tracking  ABI
              changes of a C/C++ library or kernel module.

              This  tool  is  free  software:  you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
              terms of the GNU LGPL or GNU GPL.

   USAGE:
              abi-dumper [options] [object]

   EXAMPLES:
              abi-dumper libTest.so -o ABI.dump abi-dumper Module.ko.debug -o ABI.dump

   INFORMATION OPTIONS:
       -h|-help

              Print this help.

       -v|-version

              Print version information.

       -dumpversion

              Print the tool version (0.99.7) and don't do anything else.

   GENERAL OPTIONS:
       -o|-output PATH

              Path to the output ABI dump file.  Default: ./ABI.dump

       -sort

              Sort data in ABI dump.

       -stdout

              Print ABI dump to stdout.

       -loud

              Print all warnings.

       -lv|-lver NUM

              Set version of the library to NUM.

       -extra-info DIR

              Dump extra analysis info to DIR.

       -bin-only

              Do not  dump  information  about  inline  functions,  pure  virtual  functions  and
              non-exported global data.

       -all-types

              Dump unused data types.

       -all-symbols

              Dump symbols not exported by the object.

       -skip-cxx

              Do not dump stdc++ and gnu c++ symbols.

       -all

              Equal to: -all-types -all-symbols.

       -dump-static

              Dump static (local) symbols.

       -compare OLD.dump NEW.dump

              Show added/removed symbols between two ABI dumps.

       -alt PATH

              Path  to  the  alternate  debug  info  (Fedora).  It is detected automatically from
              gnu_debugaltlink section of the input object if not specified.

       -mem

              Try to optimize system memory usage.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written  by  Mathieu  Malaterre  <malat@debian.org>  for  the  Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

       Written by Andrey Ponomarenko.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  © 2013 ROSA Laboratory License: LGPL or GPL <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> This
       program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it.