1 dsymutil - manipulate archived DWARF debug symbol files
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9 | :program:`dsymutil` [*options*] *executable*
14 :program:`dsymutil` links the DWARF debug information found in the object files
15 for an executable *executable* by using debug symbols information contained in
16 its symbol table. By default, the linked debug information is placed in a
17 ``.dSYM`` bundle with the same name as the executable.
21 .. option:: --accelerator=<accelerator type>
23 Specify the desired type of accelerator table. Valid options are 'Apple',
24 'Dwarf' and 'Default'.
26 .. option:: --arch <arch>
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.
35 .. option:: --dump-debug-map
37 Dump the *executable*'s debug-map (the list of the object files containing the
38 debug information) in YAML format and exit. Not DWARF link will take place.
40 .. option:: --flat, -f
42 Produce a flat dSYM file. A ``.dwarf`` extension will be appended to the
43 executable name unless the output file is specified using the ``-o`` option.
45 .. option:: --gen-reproducer
47 Generate a reproducer consisting of the input object files.
49 .. option:: --help, -h
51 Print this help output.
53 .. option:: --keep-function-for-static
55 Make a static variable keep the enclosing function even if it would have been
58 .. option:: --minimize, -z
60 When used when creating a dSYM file, this option will suppress the emission of
61 the .debug_inlines, .debug_pubnames, and .debug_pubtypes sections since
62 dsymutil currently has better equivalents: .apple_names and .apple_types. When
63 used in conjunction with ``--update`` option, this option will cause redundant
64 accelerator tables to be removed.
68 Do not use ODR (One Definition Rule) for uniquing C++ types.
70 .. option:: --no-output
72 Do the link in memory, but do not emit the result file.
74 .. option:: --no-swiftmodule-timestamp
76 Don't check the timestamp for swiftmodule files.
78 .. option:: --num-threads <threads>, -j <threads>
80 Specifies the maximum number (``n``) of simultaneous threads to use when
81 linking multiple architectures.
83 .. option:: --object-prefix-map <prefix=remapped>
85 Remap object file paths (but no source paths) before processing. Use
86 this for Clang objects where the module cache location was remapped using
87 ``-fdebug-prefix-map``; to help dsymutil find the Clang module cache.
89 .. option:: --oso-prepend-path <path>
91 Specifies a ``path`` to prepend to all debug symbol object file paths.
93 .. option:: --out <filename>, -o <filename>
95 Specifies an alternate ``path`` to place the dSYM bundle. The default dSYM
96 bundle path is created by appending ``.dSYM`` to the executable name.
98 .. option:: --papertrail
100 When running dsymutil as part of your build system, it can be desirable for
101 warnings to be part of the end product, rather than just being emitted to the
102 output stream. When enabled warnings are embedded in the linked DWARF debug
105 .. option:: --remarks-output-format <format>
107 Specify the format to be used when serializing the linked remarks.
109 .. option:: --remarks-prepend-path <path>
111 Specify a directory to prepend the paths of the external remark files.
113 .. option:: --statistics
115 Print statistics about the contribution of each object file to the linked
116 debug info. This prints a table after linking with the object file name, the
117 size of the debug info in the object file (in bytes) and the size contributed
118 (in bytes) to the linked dSYM. The table is sorted by the output size listing
119 the object files with the largest contribution first.
121 .. option:: --symbol-map <bcsymbolmap>
123 Update the existing dSYMs inplace using symbol map specified.
125 .. option:: -s, --symtab
127 Dumps the symbol table found in *executable* or object file(s) and exits.
131 Output textual assembly instead of a binary dSYM companion file.
133 .. option:: --toolchain <toolchain>
135 Embed the toolchain in the dSYM bundle's property list.
137 .. option:: -u, --update
139 Update an existing dSYM file to contain the latest accelerator tables and
140 other DWARF optimizations. This option will rebuild the '.apple_names' and
141 '.apple_types' hashed accelerator tables.
143 .. option:: --use-reproducer <path>
145 Use the object files from the given reproducer path.
147 .. option:: --verbose
149 Display verbose information when linking.
153 Run the DWARF verifier on the linked DWARF debug info.
155 .. option:: -v, --version
157 Display the version of the tool.
161 Treat *executable* as a YAML debug-map rather than an executable.
166 :program:`dsymutil` returns 0 if the DWARF debug information was linked
167 successfully. Otherwise, it returns 1.
172 :manpage:`llvm-dwarfdump(1)`