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diff --git a/docs/dlopen-notes.1 b/docs/dlopen-notes.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e86f6ba --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/dlopen-notes.1 @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +.TH DLOPEN\-NOTES.PY "1" "2024\-05\-22" "package\-notes" "Generated Python Manual" +.SH NAME +dlopen\-notes.py +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B dlopen\-notes.py +[-r] [-s] [-f [FEATURE1,FEATURE2]] [-h] filename [filename ...] +.SH DESCRIPTION +Read .note.dlopen notes from ELF files and report the contents. +.PP +ELF binaries store link-time dependencies in their headers, which can be parsed +by various tools. There is no machine-readable metadata about dependencies +loaded at build time via +.BR \%dlopen (3) +available by default. The ELF Dlopen Metadata specification aims to fill this +gap, by defining a common format. +.PP +This tool allows parsing such a note, and printing out the result in various +formats. + +.TP +\fBfilename\fR +Library file to extract notes from + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-raw\fR +Show the original JSON extracted from input files + +.TP +\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sonames\fR +List all sonames and their priorities, one soname per line + +.TP +\fB\-f\fR \fI\,[FEATURE1,FEATURE2]\/\fR, \fB\-\-features\fR \fI\,[FEATURE1,FEATURE2]\/\fR +Describe features, can be specified multiple times + +.SH COMMENTS +If no option is specifed, \-\-raw is the default. |