How do I list the symbols being exported from a .so file? If possible, I'd also like to know their source (e.g. if they are pulled in from a static library).
I'm using gcc 4.0.2, if that makes a difference.
Steve Gury wrote:
The standard tool for listing symbols is nm
, you can use it simply like this:
nm -gD yourLib.so
If you want to see symbols of a C++ library, add the "-C" option which demangle the symbols (it's far more readable demangled).
nm -gDC yourLib.so
If your .so file is in elf format, you have two options:
Either objdump
(-C
is also useful for demangling C++):
$ objdump -TC libz.so
libz.so: file format elf64-x86-64
DYNAMIC SYMBOL TABLE:
0000000000002010 l d .init 0000000000000000 .init
0000000000000000 DF *UND* 0000000000000000 GLIBC_2.2.5 free
0000000000000000 DF *UND* 0000000000000000 GLIBC_2.2.5 __errno_location
0000000000000000 w D *UND* 0000000000000000 _ITM_deregisterTMCloneTable
Or use readelf
:
$ readelf -Ws libz.so
Symbol table '.dynsym' contains 112 entries:
Num: Value Size Type Bind Vis Ndx Name
0: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT UND
1: 0000000000002010 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 10
2: 0000000000000000 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT UND free@GLIBC_2.2.5 (14)
3: 0000000000000000 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT UND __errno_location@GLIBC_2.2.5 (14)
4: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND _ITM_deregisterTMCloneTable
P Shved wrote:
If your .so
file is in elf format, you can use readelf program to extract symbol information from the binary. This command will give you the symbol table:
readelf -Ws /usr/lib/libexample.so
You only should extract those that are defined in this .so
file, not in the libraries referenced by it. Seventh column should contain a number in this case. You can extract it by using a simple regex:
readelf -Ws /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 | grep '^\([[:space:]]\+[^[:space:]]\+\)\{6\}[[:space:]]\+[[:digit:]]\+'
or, as proposed by Caspin,:
readelf -Ws /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 | awk '{print $8}';
user7610 wrote:
For C++ .so
files, the ultimate nm
command is nm --demangle --dynamic --defined-only --extern-only <my.so>
# nm --demangle --dynamic --defined-only --extern-only /usr/lib64/libqpid-proton-cpp.so | grep work | grep add
0000000000049500 T proton::work_queue::add(proton::internal::v03::work)
0000000000049580 T proton::work_queue::add(proton::void_function0&)
000000000002e7b0 W proton::work_queue::impl::add_void(proton::internal::v03::work)
000000000002b1f0 T proton::container::impl::add_work_queue()
000000000002dc50 T proton::container::impl::container_work_queue::add(proton::internal::v03::work)
000000000002db60 T proton::container::impl::connection_work_queue::add(proton::internal::v03::work)