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NAME

       dlltool - Create files needed to build and use DLLs.

SYNOPSIS

       dlltool [-d|--input-def def-file-name]
               [-b|--base-file base-file-name]
               [-e|--output-exp exports-file-name]
               [-z|--output-def def-file-name]
               [-l|--output-lib library-file-name]
               [--export-all-symbols] [--no-export-all-symbols]
               [--exclude-symbols list]
               [--no-default-excludes]
               [-S|--as path-to-assembler] [-f|--as-flags options]
               [-D|--dllname name] [-m|--machine machine]
               [-a|--add-indirect]
               [-U|--add-underscore] [--add-stdcall-underscore]
               [-k|--kill-at] [-A|--add-stdcall-alias]
               [-p|--ext-prefix-alias prefix]
               [-x|--no-idata4] [-c|--no-idata5] [-i|--interwork]
               [-n|--nodelete] [-t|--temp-prefix prefix]
               [-v|--verbose]
               [-h|--help] [-V|--version]
               [object-file ...]

DESCRIPTION

       dlltool  reads  its  inputs,  which  can come from the -d and -b options as well as object
       files specified on the command line.  It then processes these inputs and if the -e  option
       has  been  specified  it  creates  a exports file.  If the -l option has been specified it
       creates a library file and if the -z option has been specified it creates a def file.  Any
       or all of the -e, -l and -z options can be present in one invocation of dlltool.

       When  creating  a  DLL,  along  with the source for the DLL, it is necessary to have three
       other files.  dlltool can help with the creation of these files.

       The first file is a .def file which specifies which functions are exported from  the  DLL,
       which  functions  the  DLL  imports, and so on.  This is a text file and can be created by
       hand, or dlltool can be used to create it using the -z option.  In this case dlltool  will
       scan the object files specified on its command line looking for those functions which have
       been specially marked as being exported and put entries for  them  in  the  .def  file  it
       creates.

       In  order  to  mark  a  function  as  being  exported  from  a  DLL,  it  needs to have an
       -export:<name_of_function> entry in the .drectve section of the object file.  This can  be
       done in C by using the asm() operator:

                 asm (".section .drectve");
                 asm (".ascii \"-export:my_func\"");

                 int my_func (void) { ... }

       The  second file needed for DLL creation is an exports file.  This file is linked with the
       object files that make up the body of the DLL and it handles the interface between the DLL
       and  the  outside  world.   This  is  a binary file and it can be created by giving the -e
       option to dlltool when it is creating or reading in a .def file.

       The third file needed for DLL creation is the library file that programs will link with in
       order  to  access  the  functions  in  the DLL.  This file can be created by giving the -l
       option to dlltool when it is creating or reading in a .def file.

       dlltool builds the library file by hand, but  it  builds  the  exports  file  by  creating
       temporary files containing assembler statements and then assembling these.  The -S command
       line option can be used to specify the path to the assembler that dlltool  will  use,  and
       the -f option can be used to pass specific flags to that assembler.  The -n can be used to
       prevent dlltool from deleting these temporary assembler files when it is done, and  if  -n
       is specified twice then this will prevent dlltool from deleting the temporary object files
       it used to build the library.

       Here is an example of creating a DLL from a source file dll.c and also creating a  program
       (from an object file called program.o) that uses that DLL:

                 gcc -c dll.c
                 dlltool -e exports.o -l dll.lib dll.o
                 gcc dll.o exports.o -o dll.dll
                 gcc program.o dll.lib -o program

OPTIONS

       The command line options have the following meanings:

       -d filename
       --input-def filename
           Specifies the name of a .def file to be read in and processed.

       -b filename
       --base-file filename
           Specifies  the  name of a base file to be read in and processed.  The contents of this
           file will be added to the relocation section in the exports file generated by dlltool.

       -e filename
       --output-exp filename
           Specifies the name of the export file to be created by dlltool.

       -z filename
       --output-def filename
           Specifies the name of the .def file to be created by dlltool.

       -l filename
       --output-lib filename
           Specifies the name of the library file to be created by dlltool.

       --export-all-symbols
           Treat all global and weak defined symbols found in the input object files  as  symbols
           to  be  exported.  There is a small list of symbols which are not exported by default;
           see the --no-default-excludes option.  You may add to  the  list  of  symbols  to  not
           export by using the --exclude-symbols option.

       --no-export-all-symbols
           Only export symbols explicitly listed in an input .def file or in .drectve sections in
           the input object files.  This is the default behaviour.   The  .drectve  sections  are
           created by dllexport attributes in the source code.

       --exclude-symbols list
           Do  not export the symbols in list.  This is a list of symbol names separated by comma
           or colon characters.  The symbol names should not contain a leading underscore.   This
           is only meaningful when --export-all-symbols is used.

       --no-default-excludes
           When  --export-all-symbols is used, it will by default avoid exporting certain special
           symbols.   The  current  list  of  symbols   to   avoid   exporting   is   DllMain@12,
           DllEntryPoint@0, impure_ptr.  You may use the --no-default-excludes option to go ahead
           and export these special symbols.  This is only meaningful  when  --export-all-symbols
           is used.

       -S path
       --as path
           Specifies  the path, including the filename, of the assembler to be used to create the
           exports file.

       -f options
       --as-flags options
           Specifies any specific command line  options  to  be  passed  to  the  assembler  when
           building  the  exports file.  This option will work even if the -S option is not used.
           This option only takes one argument, and if it occurs more than once  on  the  command
           line, then later occurrences will override earlier occurrences.  So if it is necessary
           to pass multiple options to the assembler they should be enclosed in double quotes.

       -D name
       --dll-name name
           Specifies the name to be stored in the .def file as the name of the DLL  when  the  -e
           option  is  used.   If  this  option is not present, then the filename given to the -e
           option will be used as the name of the DLL.

       -m machine
       -machine machine
           Specifies the type of machine for which the library file should be built.  dlltool has
           a  built  in  default  type, depending upon how it was created, but this option can be
           used to override that.  This is normally only useful when creating  DLLs  for  an  ARM
           processor, when the contents of the DLL are actually encode using Thumb instructions.

       -a
       --add-indirect
           Specifies that when dlltool is creating the exports file it should add a section which
           allows the exported functions to be  referenced  without  using  the  import  library.
           Whatever the hell that means!

       -U
       --add-underscore
           Specifies  that  when  dlltool  is  creating  the  exports  file  it should prepend an
           underscore to the names of all exported symbols.

       --add-stdcall-underscore
           Specifies that when dlltool  is  creating  the  exports  file  it  should  prepend  an
           underscore  to the names of exported stdcall functions. Variable names and non-stdcall
           function names are not modified.  This option is useful when  creating  GNU-compatible
           import libs for third party DLLs that were built with MS-Windows tools.

       -k
       --kill-at
           Specifies  that  when  dlltool  is  creating the exports file it should not append the
           string @ <number>.  These numbers  are  called  ordinal  numbers  and  they  represent
           another way of accessing the function in a DLL, other than by name.

       -A
       --add-stdcall-alias
           Specifies  that  when  dlltool  is creating the exports file it should add aliases for
           stdcall symbols without @ <number> in addition to the symbols with @ <number>.

       -p
       --ext-prefix-alias prefix
           Causes dlltool to create external aliases for  all  DLL  imports  with  the  specified
           prefix.   The aliases are created for both external and import symbols with no leading
           underscore.

       -x
       --no-idata4
           Specifies that when dlltool is creating the exports and library files it  should  omit
           the ".idata4" section.  This is for compatibility with certain operating systems.

       -c
       --no-idata5
           Specifies  that  when dlltool is creating the exports and library files it should omit
           the ".idata5" section.  This is for compatibility with certain operating systems.

       -i
       --interwork
           Specifies that dlltool should mark the objects in the library file  and  exports  file
           that it produces as supporting interworking between ARM and Thumb code.

       -n
       --nodelete
           Makes  dlltool  preserve  the  temporary assembler files it used to create the exports
           file.  If this option is repeated then dlltool will also preserve the temporary object
           files it uses to create the library file.

       -t prefix
       --temp-prefix prefix
           Makes dlltool use prefix when constructing the names of temporary assembler and object
           files.  By default, the temp file prefix is generated from the pid.

       -v
       --verbose
           Make dlltool describe what it is doing.

       -h
       --help
           Displays a list of command line options and then exits.

       -V
       --version
           Displays dlltool's version number and then exits.

       @file
           Read command-line options from file.  The options read are inserted in  place  of  the
           original  @file  option.   If  file does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option
           will be treated literally, and not removed.

           Options in file are separated by whitespace.  A whitespace character may  be  included
           in  an option by surrounding the entire option in either single or double quotes.  Any
           character (including a backslash) may be included by prefixing  the  character  to  be
           included  with a backslash.  The file may itself contain additional @file options; any
           such options will be processed recursively.

SEE ALSO

       The Info pages for binutils.

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