NAME

       grokevt-ripdll - A tool for extracting message resources from a PE-formatted file.

SYNOPSIS

       grokevt-ripdll input-dll output-db .SH DESCRIPTION grokevt-ripdll parses a PE-formatted file (modern .exe
       and  .dll  files are examples PE-formatted files) and extracts all message resources. These resources are
       then stored in a Berkeley-style database file, which  maps  relative  virtual  addresses  (RVAs)  to  the
       message  resources  themselves.  These  RVAs  are  what  can  be  found in a windows event log file (.evt
       extension) to reference the proper message resource.  This utility is not intended to be used directly by
       end-users.  It is used by grokevt-builddb(1) to extract resources from all  DLL/EXEs  referenced  in  the
       registry.

ARGUMENTS

       input-dll
              This  is  the  PE  formatted  file  to  extract  resources  from.  (It doesn't need to have a .dll
              extension, but it is most commonly used on DLLs.)

       output-db
              The database file to store the RVA->message mapping in. If this file already exists,  it  will  be
              overwritten.  To extract the entries stored in this database, see grokevt-dumpmsgs(1).

BUGS

       Probably a few. This script has not been extensively tested with some guest platforms or with non-english
       systems.

       The  documentation used as a reference for PE formatted files was not complete or not completely accurate
       in places. Much guess-and-check took place.

CREDITS

       Original PE header code borrowed from the pymavis project.  For more information, see:

                 http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~arpi/pymavis/

       Message resource parsing added by Timothy D. Morgan.

       Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Timothy D. Morgan

       Copyright (C) 2004 A'rpi

LICENSE

       Please see the file "LICENSE" included with this software distribution.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even
       the  implied  warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
       License version 3 for more details.

SEE ALSO

       grokevt(7)  grokevt-addlog(1)   grokevt-builddb(1)   grokevt-dumpmsgs(1)   grokevt-findlogs(1)   grokevt-
       parselog(1)

File Conversion Utilities                         20 March 2008                                grokevt-ripdll(1)