DUMPBIN Tool (Compact 2013)

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3/26/2014

This tool displays information about 32-bit Common Object File Format (COFF) binary files.

Syntax

DUMPBIN [options] files...

Parameters

  • /ALL
    Displays all available information except code disassembly.
  • /ARCHIVEMEMBERS
    Displays minimal information about member objects in a library.
  • /DEPENDENTS
    Dumps the names of DLLs that the image imports functions from. Does not dump the names of the imported functions.
  • /DIRECTIVES
    Dumps the compiler-generated directive section of an image.
  • /DISASM
    Shows disassembly of code sections, using symbols if present in the file.
  • /EXPORTS
    Lists all definitions exported from an executable file or DLL.

  • /HEADERS
    Displays the file header and the header for each section.

    When used with a library, displays the header for each member object.

  • /IMPORTS
    Lists all definitions imported to an executable file or DLL.
  • /LINENUMBERS
    Shows COFF line numbers.

  • /LINKERMEMBER[:{1|2}]
    Lists public symbols defined in a library. Specify the 1 argument to display symbols in object order, with their offsets.

    Specify the 2 argument to display offsets and index numbers of objects and then list the symbols in alphabetical order, with the object index for each.

    To get both outputs, specify /LINKERMEMBER without the number argument.

  • /OUT
    Specifies a filename for the output. By default, DUMPBIN displays the information to standard output.
  • /PDATA
    Dumps the exception tables (.pdata) from an image or object. For RISC processors only.
  • /PDBPATH[:VERBOSE]
    Reports the .pdb files that correspond to the specified filename. VERBOSE (optional) reports all directories where an attempt was made to locate the .pdb file.

  • /RAWDATA[:{1|2|4|8|NONE[,number]]
    Displays the raw contents of each section in the file. The command-line arguments control the format of the display, as shown below:

    • 1
      The default. Contents are displayed in hexadecimal bytes, and also as ASCII characters if they have a printed representation.
    • 2
      Contents are displayed as hexadecimal 2-byte values.
    • 4
      Contents are displayed as hexadecimal 4-byte values.
    • 8
      Contents are displayed as hexadecimal 8-byte values.
    • NONE
      Raw data is suppressed. This argument is useful to control the output of /ALL.
    • Number
      Displayed lines are set to a width that holds number values per line.
  • /RELOCATIONS
    Displays relocations in the object or image.
  • /SECTION
    Restricts the output to information on the specified section.

  • /SUMMARY
    Displays minimal information about sections, including total size.

    This option is the default if no other option is specified in a DUMPBIN command.

  • /SYMBOLS
    Displays the COFF symbol table.

    Symbol tables exist in all object files.

  • /UNWINDINFO
    Dumps the unwind descriptors of the structured exception handling (SEH) tables in program images.

Remarks

You can use DUMPBIN to examine the following:

  • COFF object files
  • Standard libraries of COFF objects
  • Executable (.exe) files
  • Dynamic-link library (.dll) files

See Also

Reference

Platform Builder Command Line Tools