Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 - USING BINUTILS Using Instructions page 14

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N
The symbol is a debugging symbol.
R
The symbol is in a read only data section.
S
The symbol is in an uninitialized data section for small objects.
T
The symbol is in the text (code) section.
U
The symbol is undefined.
V
The symbol is a weak object. When a weak defined symbol is linked with a normal defined
symbol, the normal defined symbol is used with no error. When a weak undefined symbol is
linked and the symbol is not defined, the value of the weak symbol becomes zero with no error.
W
The symbol is a weak symbol that has not been specifically tagged as a weak object symbol.
When a weak defined symbol is linked with a normal defined symbol, the normal defined
symbol is used with no error. When a weak undefined symbol is linked and the symbol is not
defined, the value of the weak symbol becomes zero with no error.
-
The symbol is a stabs symbol in an a.out object file. In this case, the next values printed are
the stabs other field, the stabs desc field, and the stab type. Stabs symbols are used to hold
debugging information. For more information, see .
?
The symbol type is unknown, or object file format specific.
The symbol name.
•
The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are equivalent.
-A
-o
-print-file-name
Precede each symbol by the name of the input file (or archive member) in which it was found,
rather than identifying the input file once only, before all of its symbols.
-a
-debug-syms
Display all symbols, even debugger-only symbols; normally these are not listed.
-B
The same as
-format=bsd
(for compatibility with the MIPS
Chapter 3. nm
).
nm