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  135. .IX Title "DLLTOOL 1"
  136. .TH DLLTOOL 1 "2020-09-14" "binutils-2.34" "GNU Development Tools"
  137. .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
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  139. .if n .ad l
  140. .nh
  141. .SH "NAME"
  142. dlltool \- create files needed to build and use DLLs
  143. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  144. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  145. dlltool [\fB\-d\fR|\fB\-\-input\-def\fR \fIdef-file-name\fR]
  146. [\fB\-b\fR|\fB\-\-base\-file\fR \fIbase-file-name\fR]
  147. [\fB\-e\fR|\fB\-\-output\-exp\fR \fIexports-file-name\fR]
  148. [\fB\-z\fR|\fB\-\-output\-def\fR \fIdef-file-name\fR]
  149. [\fB\-l\fR|\fB\-\-output\-lib\fR \fIlibrary-file-name\fR]
  150. [\fB\-y\fR|\fB\-\-output\-delaylib\fR \fIlibrary-file-name\fR]
  151. [\fB\-\-export\-all\-symbols\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-export\-all\-symbols\fR]
  152. [\fB\-\-exclude\-symbols\fR \fIlist\fR]
  153. [\fB\-\-no\-default\-excludes\fR]
  154. [\fB\-S\fR|\fB\-\-as\fR \fIpath-to-assembler\fR] [\fB\-f\fR|\fB\-\-as\-flags\fR \fIoptions\fR]
  155. [\fB\-D\fR|\fB\-\-dllname\fR \fIname\fR] [\fB\-m\fR|\fB\-\-machine\fR \fImachine\fR]
  156. [\fB\-a\fR|\fB\-\-add\-indirect\fR]
  157. [\fB\-U\fR|\fB\-\-add\-underscore\fR] [\fB\-\-add\-stdcall\-underscore\fR]
  158. [\fB\-k\fR|\fB\-\-kill\-at\fR] [\fB\-A\fR|\fB\-\-add\-stdcall\-alias\fR]
  159. [\fB\-p\fR|\fB\-\-ext\-prefix\-alias\fR \fIprefix\fR]
  160. [\fB\-x\fR|\fB\-\-no\-idata4\fR] [\fB\-c\fR|\fB\-\-no\-idata5\fR]
  161. [\fB\-\-use\-nul\-prefixed\-import\-tables\fR]
  162. [\fB\-I\fR|\fB\-\-identify\fR \fIlibrary-file-name\fR] [\fB\-\-identify\-strict\fR]
  163. [\fB\-i\fR|\fB\-\-interwork\fR]
  164. [\fB\-n\fR|\fB\-\-nodelete\fR] [\fB\-t\fR|\fB\-\-temp\-prefix\fR \fIprefix\fR]
  165. [\fB\-v\fR|\fB\-\-verbose\fR]
  166. [\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-V\fR|\fB\-\-version\fR]
  167. [\fB\-\-no\-leading\-underscore\fR] [\fB\-\-leading\-underscore\fR]
  168. [object\-file ...]
  169. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  170. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  171. \&\fBdlltool\fR reads its inputs, which can come from the \fB\-d\fR and
  172. \&\fB\-b\fR options as well as object files specified on the command
  173. line. It then processes these inputs and if the \fB\-e\fR option has
  174. been specified it creates a exports file. If the \fB\-l\fR option
  175. has been specified it creates a library file and if the \fB\-z\fR option
  176. has been specified it creates a def file. Any or all of the \fB\-e\fR,
  177. \&\fB\-l\fR and \fB\-z\fR options can be present in one invocation of
  178. dlltool.
  179. .PP
  180. When creating a \s-1DLL,\s0 along with the source for the \s-1DLL,\s0 it is necessary
  181. to have three other files. \fBdlltool\fR can help with the creation of
  182. these files.
  183. .PP
  184. The first file is a \fI.def\fR file which specifies which functions are
  185. exported from the \s-1DLL,\s0 which functions the \s-1DLL\s0 imports, and so on. This
  186. is a text file and can be created by hand, or \fBdlltool\fR can be used
  187. to create it using the \fB\-z\fR option. In this case \fBdlltool\fR
  188. will scan the object files specified on its command line looking for
  189. those functions which have been specially marked as being exported and
  190. put entries for them in the \fI.def\fR file it creates.
  191. .PP
  192. In order to mark a function as being exported from a \s-1DLL,\s0 it needs to
  193. have an \fB\-export:<name_of_function>\fR entry in the \fB.drectve\fR
  194. section of the object file. This can be done in C by using the
  195. \&\fBasm()\fR operator:
  196. .PP
  197. .Vb 2
  198. \& asm (".section .drectve");
  199. \& asm (".ascii \e"\-export:my_func\e"");
  200. \&
  201. \& int my_func (void) { ... }
  202. .Ve
  203. .PP
  204. The second file needed for \s-1DLL\s0 creation is an exports file. This file
  205. is linked with the object files that make up the body of the \s-1DLL\s0 and it
  206. handles the interface between the \s-1DLL\s0 and the outside world. This is a
  207. binary file and it can be created by giving the \fB\-e\fR option to
  208. \&\fBdlltool\fR when it is creating or reading in a \fI.def\fR file.
  209. .PP
  210. The third file needed for \s-1DLL\s0 creation is the library file that programs
  211. will link with in order to access the functions in the \s-1DLL\s0 (an `import
  212. library'). This file can be created by giving the \fB\-l\fR option to
  213. dlltool when it is creating or reading in a \fI.def\fR file.
  214. .PP
  215. If the \fB\-y\fR option is specified, dlltool generates a delay-import
  216. library that can be used instead of the normal import library to allow
  217. a program to link to the dll only as soon as an imported function is
  218. called for the first time. The resulting executable will need to be
  219. linked to the static delayimp library containing _\|\fB_delayLoadHelper2()\fR,
  220. which in turn will import LoadLibraryA and GetProcAddress from kernel32.
  221. .PP
  222. \&\fBdlltool\fR builds the library file by hand, but it builds the
  223. exports file by creating temporary files containing assembler statements
  224. and then assembling these. The \fB\-S\fR command-line option can be
  225. used to specify the path to the assembler that dlltool will use,
  226. and the \fB\-f\fR option can be used to pass specific flags to that
  227. assembler. The \fB\-n\fR can be used to prevent dlltool from deleting
  228. these temporary assembler files when it is done, and if \fB\-n\fR is
  229. specified twice then this will prevent dlltool from deleting the
  230. temporary object files it used to build the library.
  231. .PP
  232. Here is an example of creating a \s-1DLL\s0 from a source file \fBdll.c\fR and
  233. also creating a program (from an object file called \fBprogram.o\fR)
  234. that uses that \s-1DLL:\s0
  235. .PP
  236. .Vb 4
  237. \& gcc \-c dll.c
  238. \& dlltool \-e exports.o \-l dll.lib dll.o
  239. \& gcc dll.o exports.o \-o dll.dll
  240. \& gcc program.o dll.lib \-o program
  241. .Ve
  242. .PP
  243. \&\fBdlltool\fR may also be used to query an existing import library
  244. to determine the name of the \s-1DLL\s0 to which it is associated. See the
  245. description of the \fB\-I\fR or \fB\-\-identify\fR option.
  246. .SH "OPTIONS"
  247. .IX Header "OPTIONS"
  248. The command-line options have the following meanings:
  249. .IP "\fB\-d\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  250. .IX Item "-d filename"
  251. .PD 0
  252. .IP "\fB\-\-input\-def\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  253. .IX Item "--input-def filename"
  254. .PD
  255. Specifies the name of a \fI.def\fR file to be read in and processed.
  256. .IP "\fB\-b\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  257. .IX Item "-b filename"
  258. .PD 0
  259. .IP "\fB\-\-base\-file\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  260. .IX Item "--base-file filename"
  261. .PD
  262. Specifies the name of a base file to be read in and processed. The
  263. contents of this file will be added to the relocation section in the
  264. exports file generated by dlltool.
  265. .IP "\fB\-e\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  266. .IX Item "-e filename"
  267. .PD 0
  268. .IP "\fB\-\-output\-exp\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  269. .IX Item "--output-exp filename"
  270. .PD
  271. Specifies the name of the export file to be created by dlltool.
  272. .IP "\fB\-z\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  273. .IX Item "-z filename"
  274. .PD 0
  275. .IP "\fB\-\-output\-def\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  276. .IX Item "--output-def filename"
  277. .PD
  278. Specifies the name of the \fI.def\fR file to be created by dlltool.
  279. .IP "\fB\-l\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  280. .IX Item "-l filename"
  281. .PD 0
  282. .IP "\fB\-\-output\-lib\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  283. .IX Item "--output-lib filename"
  284. .PD
  285. Specifies the name of the library file to be created by dlltool.
  286. .IP "\fB\-y\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  287. .IX Item "-y filename"
  288. .PD 0
  289. .IP "\fB\-\-output\-delaylib\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  290. .IX Item "--output-delaylib filename"
  291. .PD
  292. Specifies the name of the delay-import library file to be created by dlltool.
  293. .IP "\fB\-\-export\-all\-symbols\fR" 4
  294. .IX Item "--export-all-symbols"
  295. Treat all global and weak defined symbols found in the input object
  296. files as symbols to be exported. There is a small list of symbols which
  297. are not exported by default; see the \fB\-\-no\-default\-excludes\fR
  298. option. You may add to the list of symbols to not export by using the
  299. \&\fB\-\-exclude\-symbols\fR option.
  300. .IP "\fB\-\-no\-export\-all\-symbols\fR" 4
  301. .IX Item "--no-export-all-symbols"
  302. Only export symbols explicitly listed in an input \fI.def\fR file or in
  303. \&\fB.drectve\fR sections in the input object files. This is the default
  304. behaviour. The \fB.drectve\fR sections are created by \fBdllexport\fR
  305. attributes in the source code.
  306. .IP "\fB\-\-exclude\-symbols\fR \fIlist\fR" 4
  307. .IX Item "--exclude-symbols list"
  308. Do not export the symbols in \fIlist\fR. This is a list of symbol names
  309. separated by comma or colon characters. The symbol names should not
  310. contain a leading underscore. This is only meaningful when
  311. \&\fB\-\-export\-all\-symbols\fR is used.
  312. .IP "\fB\-\-no\-default\-excludes\fR" 4
  313. .IX Item "--no-default-excludes"
  314. When \fB\-\-export\-all\-symbols\fR is used, it will by default avoid
  315. exporting certain special symbols. The current list of symbols to avoid
  316. exporting is \fBDllMain@12\fR, \fBDllEntryPoint@0\fR,
  317. \&\fBimpure_ptr\fR. You may use the \fB\-\-no\-default\-excludes\fR option
  318. to go ahead and export these special symbols. This is only meaningful
  319. when \fB\-\-export\-all\-symbols\fR is used.
  320. .IP "\fB\-S\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
  321. .IX Item "-S path"
  322. .PD 0
  323. .IP "\fB\-\-as\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
  324. .IX Item "--as path"
  325. .PD
  326. Specifies the path, including the filename, of the assembler to be used
  327. to create the exports file.
  328. .IP "\fB\-f\fR \fIoptions\fR" 4
  329. .IX Item "-f options"
  330. .PD 0
  331. .IP "\fB\-\-as\-flags\fR \fIoptions\fR" 4
  332. .IX Item "--as-flags options"
  333. .PD
  334. Specifies any specific command-line options to be passed to the
  335. assembler when building the exports file. This option will work even if
  336. the \fB\-S\fR option is not used. This option only takes one argument,
  337. and if it occurs more than once on the command line, then later
  338. occurrences will override earlier occurrences. So if it is necessary to
  339. pass multiple options to the assembler they should be enclosed in
  340. double quotes.
  341. .IP "\fB\-D\fR \fIname\fR" 4
  342. .IX Item "-D name"
  343. .PD 0
  344. .IP "\fB\-\-dll\-name\fR \fIname\fR" 4
  345. .IX Item "--dll-name name"
  346. .PD
  347. Specifies the name to be stored in the \fI.def\fR file as the name of
  348. the \s-1DLL\s0 when the \fB\-e\fR option is used. If this option is not
  349. present, then the filename given to the \fB\-e\fR option will be
  350. used as the name of the \s-1DLL.\s0
  351. .IP "\fB\-m\fR \fImachine\fR" 4
  352. .IX Item "-m machine"
  353. .PD 0
  354. .IP "\fB\-machine\fR \fImachine\fR" 4
  355. .IX Item "-machine machine"
  356. .PD
  357. Specifies the type of machine for which the library file should be
  358. built. \fBdlltool\fR has a built in default type, depending upon how
  359. it was created, but this option can be used to override that. This is
  360. normally only useful when creating DLLs for an \s-1ARM\s0 processor, when the
  361. contents of the \s-1DLL\s0 are actually encode using Thumb instructions.
  362. .IP "\fB\-a\fR" 4
  363. .IX Item "-a"
  364. .PD 0
  365. .IP "\fB\-\-add\-indirect\fR" 4
  366. .IX Item "--add-indirect"
  367. .PD
  368. Specifies that when \fBdlltool\fR is creating the exports file it
  369. should add a section which allows the exported functions to be
  370. referenced without using the import library. Whatever the hell that
  371. means!
  372. .IP "\fB\-U\fR" 4
  373. .IX Item "-U"
  374. .PD 0
  375. .IP "\fB\-\-add\-underscore\fR" 4
  376. .IX Item "--add-underscore"
  377. .PD
  378. Specifies that when \fBdlltool\fR is creating the exports file it
  379. should prepend an underscore to the names of \fIall\fR exported symbols.
  380. .IP "\fB\-\-no\-leading\-underscore\fR" 4
  381. .IX Item "--no-leading-underscore"
  382. .PD 0
  383. .IP "\fB\-\-leading\-underscore\fR" 4
  384. .IX Item "--leading-underscore"
  385. .PD
  386. Specifies whether standard symbol should be forced to be prefixed, or
  387. not.
  388. .IP "\fB\-\-add\-stdcall\-underscore\fR" 4
  389. .IX Item "--add-stdcall-underscore"
  390. Specifies that when \fBdlltool\fR is creating the exports file it
  391. should prepend an underscore to the names of exported \fIstdcall\fR
  392. functions. Variable names and non-stdcall function names are not modified.
  393. This option is useful when creating GNU-compatible import libs for third
  394. party DLLs that were built with MS-Windows tools.
  395. .IP "\fB\-k\fR" 4
  396. .IX Item "-k"
  397. .PD 0
  398. .IP "\fB\-\-kill\-at\fR" 4
  399. .IX Item "--kill-at"
  400. .PD
  401. Specifies that \fB@<number>\fR suffixes should be omitted from the names
  402. of stdcall functions that will be imported from the \s-1DLL.\s0 This is
  403. useful when creating an import library for a \s-1DLL\s0 which exports stdcall
  404. functions but without the usual \fB@<number>\fR symbol name suffix.
  405. .Sp
  406. This does not change the naming of symbols provided by the import library
  407. to programs linked against it, but only the entries in the import table
  408. (ie the .idata section).
  409. .IP "\fB\-A\fR" 4
  410. .IX Item "-A"
  411. .PD 0
  412. .IP "\fB\-\-add\-stdcall\-alias\fR" 4
  413. .IX Item "--add-stdcall-alias"
  414. .PD
  415. Specifies that when \fBdlltool\fR is creating the exports file it
  416. should add aliases for stdcall symbols without \fB@ <number>\fR
  417. in addition to the symbols with \fB@ <number>\fR.
  418. .IP "\fB\-p\fR" 4
  419. .IX Item "-p"
  420. .PD 0
  421. .IP "\fB\-\-ext\-prefix\-alias\fR \fIprefix\fR" 4
  422. .IX Item "--ext-prefix-alias prefix"
  423. .PD
  424. Causes \fBdlltool\fR to create external aliases for all \s-1DLL\s0
  425. imports with the specified prefix. The aliases are created for both
  426. external and import symbols with no leading underscore.
  427. .IP "\fB\-x\fR" 4
  428. .IX Item "-x"
  429. .PD 0
  430. .IP "\fB\-\-no\-idata4\fR" 4
  431. .IX Item "--no-idata4"
  432. .PD
  433. Specifies that when \fBdlltool\fR is creating the exports and library
  434. files it should omit the \f(CW\*(C`.idata4\*(C'\fR section. This is for compatibility
  435. with certain operating systems.
  436. .IP "\fB\-\-use\-nul\-prefixed\-import\-tables\fR" 4
  437. .IX Item "--use-nul-prefixed-import-tables"
  438. Specifies that when \fBdlltool\fR is creating the exports and library
  439. files it should prefix the \f(CW\*(C`.idata4\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`.idata5\*(C'\fR by zero an
  440. element. This emulates old gnu import library generation of
  441. \&\f(CW\*(C`dlltool\*(C'\fR. By default this option is turned off.
  442. .IP "\fB\-c\fR" 4
  443. .IX Item "-c"
  444. .PD 0
  445. .IP "\fB\-\-no\-idata5\fR" 4
  446. .IX Item "--no-idata5"
  447. .PD
  448. Specifies that when \fBdlltool\fR is creating the exports and library
  449. files it should omit the \f(CW\*(C`.idata5\*(C'\fR section. This is for compatibility
  450. with certain operating systems.
  451. .IP "\fB\-I\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  452. .IX Item "-I filename"
  453. .PD 0
  454. .IP "\fB\-\-identify\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  455. .IX Item "--identify filename"
  456. .PD
  457. Specifies that \fBdlltool\fR should inspect the import library
  458. indicated by \fIfilename\fR and report, on \f(CW\*(C`stdout\*(C'\fR, the name(s)
  459. of the associated \s-1DLL\s0(s). This can be performed in addition to any
  460. other operations indicated by the other options and arguments.
  461. \&\fBdlltool\fR fails if the import library does not exist or is not
  462. actually an import library. See also \fB\-\-identify\-strict\fR.
  463. .IP "\fB\-\-identify\-strict\fR" 4
  464. .IX Item "--identify-strict"
  465. Modifies the behavior of the \fB\-\-identify\fR option, such
  466. that an error is reported if \fIfilename\fR is associated with
  467. more than one \s-1DLL.\s0
  468. .IP "\fB\-i\fR" 4
  469. .IX Item "-i"
  470. .PD 0
  471. .IP "\fB\-\-interwork\fR" 4
  472. .IX Item "--interwork"
  473. .PD
  474. Specifies that \fBdlltool\fR should mark the objects in the library
  475. file and exports file that it produces as supporting interworking
  476. between \s-1ARM\s0 and Thumb code.
  477. .IP "\fB\-n\fR" 4
  478. .IX Item "-n"
  479. .PD 0
  480. .IP "\fB\-\-nodelete\fR" 4
  481. .IX Item "--nodelete"
  482. .PD
  483. Makes \fBdlltool\fR preserve the temporary assembler files it used to
  484. create the exports file. If this option is repeated then dlltool will
  485. also preserve the temporary object files it uses to create the library
  486. file.
  487. .IP "\fB\-t\fR \fIprefix\fR" 4
  488. .IX Item "-t prefix"
  489. .PD 0
  490. .IP "\fB\-\-temp\-prefix\fR \fIprefix\fR" 4
  491. .IX Item "--temp-prefix prefix"
  492. .PD
  493. Makes \fBdlltool\fR use \fIprefix\fR when constructing the names of
  494. temporary assembler and object files. By default, the temp file prefix
  495. is generated from the pid.
  496. .IP "\fB\-v\fR" 4
  497. .IX Item "-v"
  498. .PD 0
  499. .IP "\fB\-\-verbose\fR" 4
  500. .IX Item "--verbose"
  501. .PD
  502. Make dlltool describe what it is doing.
  503. .IP "\fB\-h\fR" 4
  504. .IX Item "-h"
  505. .PD 0
  506. .IP "\fB\-\-help\fR" 4
  507. .IX Item "--help"
  508. .PD
  509. Displays a list of command-line options and then exits.
  510. .IP "\fB\-V\fR" 4
  511. .IX Item "-V"
  512. .PD 0
  513. .IP "\fB\-\-version\fR" 4
  514. .IX Item "--version"
  515. .PD
  516. Displays dlltool's version number and then exits.
  517. .IP "\fB@\fR\fIfile\fR" 4
  518. .IX Item "@file"
  519. Read command-line options from \fIfile\fR. The options read are
  520. inserted in place of the original @\fIfile\fR option. If \fIfile\fR
  521. does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated
  522. literally, and not removed.
  523. .Sp
  524. Options in \fIfile\fR are separated by whitespace. A whitespace
  525. character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
  526. option in either single or double quotes. Any character (including a
  527. backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be included
  528. with a backslash. The \fIfile\fR may itself contain additional
  529. @\fIfile\fR options; any such options will be processed recursively.
  530. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  531. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  532. The Info pages for \fIbinutils\fR.
  533. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  534. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  535. Copyright (c) 1991\-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  536. .PP
  537. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
  538. under the terms of the \s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
  539. or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
  540. with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
  541. Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the
  542. section entitled \*(L"\s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License\*(R".