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.Dd July 7, 2010
.Dt CTFCONVERT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ctfconvert
.Nd convert debug data to CTF data
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl gis
.Fl l Ar label
.Fl L Ar labelenv
.Op Fl o Ar outfile
object_file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility converts debug information from a binary file to CTF data and replaces
the debug section of that file with a CTF section called SUNW_ctf.
This new section is added to the input file, unless the -o
option is present.
You can also opt to keep the original debugging section with the
-g option.
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl l Ar label
Sets the label as
.Ar label .
.It Fl L Ar labelenv
Instructs
.Nm
to read the label from the environment variable
.Ar labelenv .
.It Fl g
Don't delete the original debugging section.
.It Fl i
Ignore object files built from other languages than C.
.It Fl s
Use the .dynsym ELF section instead of the .symtab ELF section.
.It Fl o Ar outfile
Write the output to file in
.Ar outfile .
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ctfmerge 1 ,
.Xr ctfdump 1
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Fx 7.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The CTF utilities came from OpenSolaris.