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1dsymutil - manipulate archived DWARF debug symbol files
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3
4.. program:: dsymutil
5
6SYNOPSIS
7--------
8
9| :program:`dsymutil` [*options*] *executable*
10
11DESCRIPTION
12-----------
13
14:program:`dsymutil` links the DWARF debug information found in the object files
15for an executable *executable* by using debug symbols information contained in
16its symbol table. By default, the linked debug information is placed in a
17``.dSYM`` bundle with the same name as the executable.
18
19OPTIONS
20-------
21.. option:: --accelerator=<accelerator type>
22
23 Specify the desired type of accelerator table. Valid options are 'Apple',
24 'Dwarf', 'Default' and 'None'.
25
26.. option:: --arch <arch>
27
28 Link DWARF debug information only for specified CPU architecture types.
29 Architectures may be specified by name. When using this option, an error will
30 be returned if any architectures can not be properly linked.  This option can
31 be specified multiple times, once for each desired architecture. All CPU
32 architectures will be linked by default and any architectures that can't be
33 properly linked will cause :program:`dsymutil` to return an error.
34
35.. option:: --build-variant-suffix <suffix=buildvariant>
36
37 Specify the build variant suffix used to build the executable file.
38 There can be multiple variants for the binary of a product, each built
39 slightly differently. The most common build variants are 'debug' and
40 'profile'. Setting the DYLD_IMAGE_SUFFIX environment variable will
41 cause dyld to load the specified variant at runtime.
42
43.. option:: --dump-debug-map
44
45 Dump the *executable*'s debug-map (the list of the object files containing the
46 debug information) in YAML format and exit. No DWARF link will take place.
47
48 .. option:: -D <path>
49
50 Specify a directory that contain dSYM files to search for.
51 This is used for mergeable libraries, so dsymutil knows where to look
52 for dSYM files with  debug information about symbols present in those
53 libraries.
54
55.. option:: --fat64
56
57 Use a 64-bit header when emitting universal binaries.
58
59.. option:: --flat, -f
60
61 Produce a flat dSYM file. A ``.dwarf`` extension will be appended to the
62 executable name unless the output file is specified using the ``-o`` option.
63
64.. option:: --gen-reproducer
65
66 Generate a reproducer consisting of the input object files. Alias for
67 --reproducer=GenerateOnExit.
68
69.. option:: --help, -h
70
71 Print this help output.
72
73.. option:: --keep-function-for-static
74
75 Make a static variable keep the enclosing function even if it would have been
76 omitted otherwise.
77
78.. option:: --minimize, -z
79
80 When used when creating a dSYM file, this option will suppress the emission of
81 the .debug_inlines, .debug_pubnames, and .debug_pubtypes sections since
82 dsymutil currently has better equivalents: .apple_names and .apple_types. When
83 used in conjunction with ``--update`` option, this option will cause redundant
84 accelerator tables to be removed.
85
86.. option:: --no-object-timestamp
87
88 Don't check timestamp for object files.
89
90.. option:: --no-odr
91
92 Do not use ODR (One Definition Rule) for uniquing C++ types.
93
94.. option:: --no-output
95
96 Do the link in memory, but do not emit the result file.
97
98.. option:: --no-swiftmodule-timestamp
99
100 Don't check the timestamp for swiftmodule files.
101
102.. option:: --num-threads <threads>, -j <threads>
103
104 Specifies the maximum number (``n``) of simultaneous threads to use when
105 linking multiple architectures.
106
107.. option:: --object-prefix-map <prefix=remapped>
108
109 Remap object file paths (but no source paths) before processing.  Use
110 this for Clang objects where the module cache location was remapped using
111 ``-fdebug-prefix-map``; to help dsymutil find the Clang module cache.
112
113.. option:: --oso-prepend-path <path>
114
115 Specifies a ``path`` to prepend to all debug symbol object file paths.
116
117.. option:: --out <filename>, -o <filename>
118
119 Specifies an alternate ``path`` to place the dSYM bundle. The default dSYM
120 bundle path is created by appending ``.dSYM`` to the executable name.
121
122.. option:: -q, --quiet
123
124 Enable quiet mode and limit output.
125
126.. option:: --remarks-drop-without-debug
127
128 Drop remarks without valid debug locations. Without this flags, all remarks are kept.
129
130.. option:: --remarks-output-format <format>
131
132 Specify the format to be used when serializing the linked remarks.
133
134.. option:: --remarks-prepend-path <path>
135
136 Specify a directory to prepend the paths of the external remark files.
137
138.. option:: --reproducer <mode>
139
140 Specify the reproducer generation mode. Valid options are 'GenerateOnExit',
141 'GenerateOnCrash', 'Use', 'Off'.
142
143.. option:: --statistics
144
145 Print statistics about the contribution of each object file to the linked
146 debug info. This prints a table after linking with the object file name, the
147 size of the debug info in the object file (in bytes) and the size contributed
148 (in bytes) to the linked dSYM. The table is sorted by the output size listing
149 the object files with the largest contribution first.
150
151.. option:: -s, --symtab
152
153 Dumps the symbol table found in *executable* or object file(s) and exits.
154
155.. option:: -S
156
157 Output textual assembly instead of a binary dSYM companion file.
158
159.. option:: --toolchain <toolchain>
160
161 Embed the toolchain in the dSYM bundle's property list.
162
163.. option:: -u, --update
164
165 Update an existing dSYM file to contain the latest accelerator tables and
166 other DWARF optimizations. This option will rebuild the '.apple_names' and
167 '.apple_types' hashed accelerator tables.
168
169.. option:: --use-reproducer <path>
170
171 Use the object files from the given reproducer path. Alias for
172 --reproducer=Use.
173
174.. option:: --verbose
175
176 Display verbose information when linking.
177
178.. option:: --verify
179
180 Run the DWARF verifier on the linked DWARF debug info.
181
182.. option:: -v, --version
183
184 Display the version of the tool.
185
186.. option:: -y
187
188 Treat *executable* as a YAML debug-map rather than an executable.
189
190EXIT STATUS
191-----------
192
193:program:`dsymutil` returns 0 if the DWARF debug information was linked
194successfully. Otherwise, it returns 1.
195
196SEE ALSO
197--------
198
199:manpage:`llvm-dwarfdump(1)`
200