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  131. .IX Title "DLLTOOL 1"
  132. .TH DLLTOOL 1 "2021-07-02" "binutils-2.36.1" "GNU Development Tools"
  133. .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
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  135. .if n .ad l
  136. .nh
  137. .SH "NAME"
  138. dlltool \- create files needed to build and use DLLs
  139. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  140. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  141. dlltool [\fB\-d\fR|\fB\-\-input\-def\fR \fIdef-file-name\fR]
  142. [\fB\-b\fR|\fB\-\-base\-file\fR \fIbase-file-name\fR]
  143. [\fB\-e\fR|\fB\-\-output\-exp\fR \fIexports-file-name\fR]
  144. [\fB\-z\fR|\fB\-\-output\-def\fR \fIdef-file-name\fR]
  145. [\fB\-l\fR|\fB\-\-output\-lib\fR \fIlibrary-file-name\fR]
  146. [\fB\-y\fR|\fB\-\-output\-delaylib\fR \fIlibrary-file-name\fR]
  147. [\fB\-\-export\-all\-symbols\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-export\-all\-symbols\fR]
  148. [\fB\-\-exclude\-symbols\fR \fIlist\fR]
  149. [\fB\-\-no\-default\-excludes\fR]
  150. [\fB\-S\fR|\fB\-\-as\fR \fIpath-to-assembler\fR] [\fB\-f\fR|\fB\-\-as\-flags\fR \fIoptions\fR]
  151. [\fB\-D\fR|\fB\-\-dllname\fR \fIname\fR] [\fB\-m\fR|\fB\-\-machine\fR \fImachine\fR]
  152. [\fB\-a\fR|\fB\-\-add\-indirect\fR]
  153. [\fB\-U\fR|\fB\-\-add\-underscore\fR] [\fB\-\-add\-stdcall\-underscore\fR]
  154. [\fB\-k\fR|\fB\-\-kill\-at\fR] [\fB\-A\fR|\fB\-\-add\-stdcall\-alias\fR]
  155. [\fB\-p\fR|\fB\-\-ext\-prefix\-alias\fR \fIprefix\fR]
  156. [\fB\-x\fR|\fB\-\-no\-idata4\fR] [\fB\-c\fR|\fB\-\-no\-idata5\fR]
  157. [\fB\-\-use\-nul\-prefixed\-import\-tables\fR]
  158. [\fB\-I\fR|\fB\-\-identify\fR \fIlibrary-file-name\fR] [\fB\-\-identify\-strict\fR]
  159. [\fB\-i\fR|\fB\-\-interwork\fR]
  160. [\fB\-n\fR|\fB\-\-nodelete\fR] [\fB\-t\fR|\fB\-\-temp\-prefix\fR \fIprefix\fR]
  161. [\fB\-v\fR|\fB\-\-verbose\fR]
  162. [\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-V\fR|\fB\-\-version\fR]
  163. [\fB\-\-no\-leading\-underscore\fR] [\fB\-\-leading\-underscore\fR]
  164. [object\-file ...]
  165. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  166. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  167. \&\fBdlltool\fR reads its inputs, which can come from the \fB\-d\fR and
  168. \&\fB\-b\fR options as well as object files specified on the command
  169. line. It then processes these inputs and if the \fB\-e\fR option has
  170. been specified it creates a exports file. If the \fB\-l\fR option
  171. has been specified it creates a library file and if the \fB\-z\fR option
  172. has been specified it creates a def file. Any or all of the \fB\-e\fR,
  173. \&\fB\-l\fR and \fB\-z\fR options can be present in one invocation of
  174. dlltool.
  175. .PP
  176. When creating a \s-1DLL,\s0 along with the source for the \s-1DLL,\s0 it is necessary
  177. to have three other files. \fBdlltool\fR can help with the creation of
  178. these files.
  179. .PP
  180. The first file is a \fI.def\fR file which specifies which functions are
  181. exported from the \s-1DLL,\s0 which functions the \s-1DLL\s0 imports, and so on. This
  182. is a text file and can be created by hand, or \fBdlltool\fR can be used
  183. to create it using the \fB\-z\fR option. In this case \fBdlltool\fR
  184. will scan the object files specified on its command line looking for
  185. those functions which have been specially marked as being exported and
  186. put entries for them in the \fI.def\fR file it creates.
  187. .PP
  188. In order to mark a function as being exported from a \s-1DLL,\s0 it needs to
  189. have an \fB\-export:<name_of_function>\fR entry in the \fB.drectve\fR
  190. section of the object file. This can be done in C by using the
  191. \&\fIasm()\fR operator:
  192. .PP
  193. .Vb 2
  194. \& asm (".section .drectve");
  195. \& asm (".ascii \e"\-export:my_func\e"");
  196. \&
  197. \& int my_func (void) { ... }
  198. .Ve
  199. .PP
  200. The second file needed for \s-1DLL\s0 creation is an exports file. This file
  201. is linked with the object files that make up the body of the \s-1DLL\s0 and it
  202. handles the interface between the \s-1DLL\s0 and the outside world. This is a
  203. binary file and it can be created by giving the \fB\-e\fR option to
  204. \&\fBdlltool\fR when it is creating or reading in a \fI.def\fR file.
  205. .PP
  206. The third file needed for \s-1DLL\s0 creation is the library file that programs
  207. will link with in order to access the functions in the \s-1DLL\s0 (an `import
  208. library'). This file can be created by giving the \fB\-l\fR option to
  209. dlltool when it is creating or reading in a \fI.def\fR file.
  210. .PP
  211. If the \fB\-y\fR option is specified, dlltool generates a delay-import
  212. library that can be used instead of the normal import library to allow
  213. a program to link to the dll only as soon as an imported function is
  214. called for the first time. The resulting executable will need to be
  215. linked to the static delayimp library containing _\|\fI_delayLoadHelper2()\fR,
  216. which in turn will import LoadLibraryA and GetProcAddress from kernel32.
  217. .PP
  218. \&\fBdlltool\fR builds the library file by hand, but it builds the
  219. exports file by creating temporary files containing assembler statements
  220. and then assembling these. The \fB\-S\fR command-line option can be
  221. used to specify the path to the assembler that dlltool will use,
  222. and the \fB\-f\fR option can be used to pass specific flags to that
  223. assembler. The \fB\-n\fR can be used to prevent dlltool from deleting
  224. these temporary assembler files when it is done, and if \fB\-n\fR is
  225. specified twice then this will prevent dlltool from deleting the
  226. temporary object files it used to build the library.
  227. .PP
  228. Here is an example of creating a \s-1DLL\s0 from a source file \fBdll.c\fR and
  229. also creating a program (from an object file called \fBprogram.o\fR)
  230. that uses that \s-1DLL:\s0
  231. .PP
  232. .Vb 4
  233. \& gcc \-c dll.c
  234. \& dlltool \-e exports.o \-l dll.lib dll.o
  235. \& gcc dll.o exports.o \-o dll.dll
  236. \& gcc program.o dll.lib \-o program
  237. .Ve
  238. .PP
  239. \&\fBdlltool\fR may also be used to query an existing import library
  240. to determine the name of the \s-1DLL\s0 to which it is associated. See the
  241. description of the \fB\-I\fR or \fB\-\-identify\fR option.
  242. .SH "OPTIONS"
  243. .IX Header "OPTIONS"
  244. The command-line options have the following meanings:
  245. .IP "\fB\-d\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  246. .IX Item "-d filename"
  247. .PD 0
  248. .IP "\fB\-\-input\-def\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  249. .IX Item "--input-def filename"
  250. .PD
  251. Specifies the name of a \fI.def\fR file to be read in and processed.
  252. .IP "\fB\-b\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  253. .IX Item "-b filename"
  254. .PD 0
  255. .IP "\fB\-\-base\-file\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  256. .IX Item "--base-file filename"
  257. .PD
  258. Specifies the name of a base file to be read in and processed. The
  259. contents of this file will be added to the relocation section in the
  260. exports file generated by dlltool.
  261. .IP "\fB\-e\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  262. .IX Item "-e filename"
  263. .PD 0
  264. .IP "\fB\-\-output\-exp\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  265. .IX Item "--output-exp filename"
  266. .PD
  267. Specifies the name of the export file to be created by dlltool.
  268. .IP "\fB\-z\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  269. .IX Item "-z filename"
  270. .PD 0
  271. .IP "\fB\-\-output\-def\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  272. .IX Item "--output-def filename"
  273. .PD
  274. Specifies the name of the \fI.def\fR file to be created by dlltool.
  275. .IP "\fB\-l\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  276. .IX Item "-l filename"
  277. .PD 0
  278. .IP "\fB\-\-output\-lib\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  279. .IX Item "--output-lib filename"
  280. .PD
  281. Specifies the name of the library file to be created by dlltool.
  282. .IP "\fB\-y\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  283. .IX Item "-y filename"
  284. .PD 0
  285. .IP "\fB\-\-output\-delaylib\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  286. .IX Item "--output-delaylib filename"
  287. .PD
  288. Specifies the name of the delay-import library file to be created by dlltool.
  289. .IP "\fB\-\-export\-all\-symbols\fR" 4
  290. .IX Item "--export-all-symbols"
  291. Treat all global and weak defined symbols found in the input object
  292. files as symbols to be exported. There is a small list of symbols which
  293. are not exported by default; see the \fB\-\-no\-default\-excludes\fR
  294. option. You may add to the list of symbols to not export by using the
  295. \&\fB\-\-exclude\-symbols\fR option.
  296. .IP "\fB\-\-no\-export\-all\-symbols\fR" 4
  297. .IX Item "--no-export-all-symbols"
  298. Only export symbols explicitly listed in an input \fI.def\fR file or in
  299. \&\fB.drectve\fR sections in the input object files. This is the default
  300. behaviour. The \fB.drectve\fR sections are created by \fBdllexport\fR
  301. attributes in the source code.
  302. .IP "\fB\-\-exclude\-symbols\fR \fIlist\fR" 4
  303. .IX Item "--exclude-symbols list"
  304. Do not export the symbols in \fIlist\fR. This is a list of symbol names
  305. separated by comma or colon characters. The symbol names should not
  306. contain a leading underscore. This is only meaningful when
  307. \&\fB\-\-export\-all\-symbols\fR is used.
  308. .IP "\fB\-\-no\-default\-excludes\fR" 4
  309. .IX Item "--no-default-excludes"
  310. When \fB\-\-export\-all\-symbols\fR is used, it will by default avoid
  311. exporting certain special symbols. The current list of symbols to avoid
  312. exporting is \fBDllMain@12\fR, \fBDllEntryPoint@0\fR,
  313. \&\fBimpure_ptr\fR. You may use the \fB\-\-no\-default\-excludes\fR option
  314. to go ahead and export these special symbols. This is only meaningful
  315. when \fB\-\-export\-all\-symbols\fR is used.
  316. .IP "\fB\-S\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
  317. .IX Item "-S path"
  318. .PD 0
  319. .IP "\fB\-\-as\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
  320. .IX Item "--as path"
  321. .PD
  322. Specifies the path, including the filename, of the assembler to be used
  323. to create the exports file.
  324. .IP "\fB\-f\fR \fIoptions\fR" 4
  325. .IX Item "-f options"
  326. .PD 0
  327. .IP "\fB\-\-as\-flags\fR \fIoptions\fR" 4
  328. .IX Item "--as-flags options"
  329. .PD
  330. Specifies any specific command-line options to be passed to the
  331. assembler when building the exports file. This option will work even if
  332. the \fB\-S\fR option is not used. This option only takes one argument,
  333. and if it occurs more than once on the command line, then later
  334. occurrences will override earlier occurrences. So if it is necessary to
  335. pass multiple options to the assembler they should be enclosed in
  336. double quotes.
  337. .IP "\fB\-D\fR \fIname\fR" 4
  338. .IX Item "-D name"
  339. .PD 0
  340. .IP "\fB\-\-dll\-name\fR \fIname\fR" 4
  341. .IX Item "--dll-name name"
  342. .PD
  343. Specifies the name to be stored in the \fI.def\fR file as the name of
  344. the \s-1DLL\s0 when the \fB\-e\fR option is used. If this option is not
  345. present, then the filename given to the \fB\-e\fR option will be
  346. used as the name of the \s-1DLL.\s0
  347. .IP "\fB\-m\fR \fImachine\fR" 4
  348. .IX Item "-m machine"
  349. .PD 0
  350. .IP "\fB\-machine\fR \fImachine\fR" 4
  351. .IX Item "-machine machine"
  352. .PD
  353. Specifies the type of machine for which the library file should be
  354. built. \fBdlltool\fR has a built in default type, depending upon how
  355. it was created, but this option can be used to override that. This is
  356. normally only useful when creating DLLs for an \s-1ARM\s0 processor, when the
  357. contents of the \s-1DLL\s0 are actually encode using Thumb instructions.
  358. .IP "\fB\-a\fR" 4
  359. .IX Item "-a"
  360. .PD 0
  361. .IP "\fB\-\-add\-indirect\fR" 4
  362. .IX Item "--add-indirect"
  363. .PD
  364. Specifies that when \fBdlltool\fR is creating the exports file it
  365. should add a section which allows the exported functions to be
  366. referenced without using the import library. Whatever the hell that
  367. means!
  368. .IP "\fB\-U\fR" 4
  369. .IX Item "-U"
  370. .PD 0
  371. .IP "\fB\-\-add\-underscore\fR" 4
  372. .IX Item "--add-underscore"
  373. .PD
  374. Specifies that when \fBdlltool\fR is creating the exports file it
  375. should prepend an underscore to the names of \fIall\fR exported symbols.
  376. .IP "\fB\-\-no\-leading\-underscore\fR" 4
  377. .IX Item "--no-leading-underscore"
  378. .PD 0
  379. .IP "\fB\-\-leading\-underscore\fR" 4
  380. .IX Item "--leading-underscore"
  381. .PD
  382. Specifies whether standard symbol should be forced to be prefixed, or
  383. not.
  384. .IP "\fB\-\-add\-stdcall\-underscore\fR" 4
  385. .IX Item "--add-stdcall-underscore"
  386. Specifies that when \fBdlltool\fR is creating the exports file it
  387. should prepend an underscore to the names of exported \fIstdcall\fR
  388. functions. Variable names and non-stdcall function names are not modified.
  389. This option is useful when creating GNU-compatible import libs for third
  390. party DLLs that were built with MS-Windows tools.
  391. .IP "\fB\-k\fR" 4
  392. .IX Item "-k"
  393. .PD 0
  394. .IP "\fB\-\-kill\-at\fR" 4
  395. .IX Item "--kill-at"
  396. .PD
  397. Specifies that \fB@<number>\fR suffixes should be omitted from the names
  398. of stdcall functions that will be imported from the \s-1DLL.\s0 This is
  399. useful when creating an import library for a \s-1DLL\s0 which exports stdcall
  400. functions but without the usual \fB@<number>\fR symbol name suffix.
  401. .Sp
  402. This does not change the naming of symbols provided by the import library
  403. to programs linked against it, but only the entries in the import table
  404. (ie the .idata section).
  405. .IP "\fB\-A\fR" 4
  406. .IX Item "-A"
  407. .PD 0
  408. .IP "\fB\-\-add\-stdcall\-alias\fR" 4
  409. .IX Item "--add-stdcall-alias"
  410. .PD
  411. Specifies that when \fBdlltool\fR is creating the exports file it
  412. should add aliases for stdcall symbols without \fB@ <number>\fR
  413. in addition to the symbols with \fB@ <number>\fR.
  414. .IP "\fB\-p\fR" 4
  415. .IX Item "-p"
  416. .PD 0
  417. .IP "\fB\-\-ext\-prefix\-alias\fR \fIprefix\fR" 4
  418. .IX Item "--ext-prefix-alias prefix"
  419. .PD
  420. Causes \fBdlltool\fR to create external aliases for all \s-1DLL\s0
  421. imports with the specified prefix. The aliases are created for both
  422. external and import symbols with no leading underscore.
  423. .IP "\fB\-x\fR" 4
  424. .IX Item "-x"
  425. .PD 0
  426. .IP "\fB\-\-no\-idata4\fR" 4
  427. .IX Item "--no-idata4"
  428. .PD
  429. Specifies that when \fBdlltool\fR is creating the exports and library
  430. files it should omit the \f(CW\*(C`.idata4\*(C'\fR section. This is for compatibility
  431. with certain operating systems.
  432. .IP "\fB\-\-use\-nul\-prefixed\-import\-tables\fR" 4
  433. .IX Item "--use-nul-prefixed-import-tables"
  434. Specifies that when \fBdlltool\fR is creating the exports and library
  435. files it should prefix the \f(CW\*(C`.idata4\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`.idata5\*(C'\fR by zero an
  436. element. This emulates old gnu import library generation of
  437. \&\f(CW\*(C`dlltool\*(C'\fR. By default this option is turned off.
  438. .IP "\fB\-c\fR" 4
  439. .IX Item "-c"
  440. .PD 0
  441. .IP "\fB\-\-no\-idata5\fR" 4
  442. .IX Item "--no-idata5"
  443. .PD
  444. Specifies that when \fBdlltool\fR is creating the exports and library
  445. files it should omit the \f(CW\*(C`.idata5\*(C'\fR section. This is for compatibility
  446. with certain operating systems.
  447. .IP "\fB\-I\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  448. .IX Item "-I filename"
  449. .PD 0
  450. .IP "\fB\-\-identify\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  451. .IX Item "--identify filename"
  452. .PD
  453. Specifies that \fBdlltool\fR should inspect the import library
  454. indicated by \fIfilename\fR and report, on \f(CW\*(C`stdout\*(C'\fR, the name(s)
  455. of the associated \s-1DLL\s0(s). This can be performed in addition to any
  456. other operations indicated by the other options and arguments.
  457. \&\fBdlltool\fR fails if the import library does not exist or is not
  458. actually an import library. See also \fB\-\-identify\-strict\fR.
  459. .IP "\fB\-\-identify\-strict\fR" 4
  460. .IX Item "--identify-strict"
  461. Modifies the behavior of the \fB\-\-identify\fR option, such
  462. that an error is reported if \fIfilename\fR is associated with
  463. more than one \s-1DLL.\s0
  464. .IP "\fB\-i\fR" 4
  465. .IX Item "-i"
  466. .PD 0
  467. .IP "\fB\-\-interwork\fR" 4
  468. .IX Item "--interwork"
  469. .PD
  470. Specifies that \fBdlltool\fR should mark the objects in the library
  471. file and exports file that it produces as supporting interworking
  472. between \s-1ARM\s0 and Thumb code.
  473. .IP "\fB\-n\fR" 4
  474. .IX Item "-n"
  475. .PD 0
  476. .IP "\fB\-\-nodelete\fR" 4
  477. .IX Item "--nodelete"
  478. .PD
  479. Makes \fBdlltool\fR preserve the temporary assembler files it used to
  480. create the exports file. If this option is repeated then dlltool will
  481. also preserve the temporary object files it uses to create the library
  482. file.
  483. .IP "\fB\-t\fR \fIprefix\fR" 4
  484. .IX Item "-t prefix"
  485. .PD 0
  486. .IP "\fB\-\-temp\-prefix\fR \fIprefix\fR" 4
  487. .IX Item "--temp-prefix prefix"
  488. .PD
  489. Makes \fBdlltool\fR use \fIprefix\fR when constructing the names of
  490. temporary assembler and object files. By default, the temp file prefix
  491. is generated from the pid.
  492. .IP "\fB\-v\fR" 4
  493. .IX Item "-v"
  494. .PD 0
  495. .IP "\fB\-\-verbose\fR" 4
  496. .IX Item "--verbose"
  497. .PD
  498. Make dlltool describe what it is doing.
  499. .IP "\fB\-h\fR" 4
  500. .IX Item "-h"
  501. .PD 0
  502. .IP "\fB\-\-help\fR" 4
  503. .IX Item "--help"
  504. .PD
  505. Displays a list of command-line options and then exits.
  506. .IP "\fB\-V\fR" 4
  507. .IX Item "-V"
  508. .PD 0
  509. .IP "\fB\-\-version\fR" 4
  510. .IX Item "--version"
  511. .PD
  512. Displays dlltool's version number and then exits.
  513. .IP "\fB@\fR\fIfile\fR" 4
  514. .IX Item "@file"
  515. Read command-line options from \fIfile\fR. The options read are
  516. inserted in place of the original @\fIfile\fR option. If \fIfile\fR
  517. does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated
  518. literally, and not removed.
  519. .Sp
  520. Options in \fIfile\fR are separated by whitespace. A whitespace
  521. character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
  522. option in either single or double quotes. Any character (including a
  523. backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be included
  524. with a backslash. The \fIfile\fR may itself contain additional
  525. @\fIfile\fR options; any such options will be processed recursively.
  526. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  527. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  528. The Info pages for \fIbinutils\fR.
  529. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  530. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  531. Copyright (c) 1991\-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  532. .PP
  533. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
  534. under the terms of the \s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
  535. or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
  536. with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
  537. Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the
  538. section entitled \*(L"\s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License\*(R".