Archiver Guide - Analog Devices VisualDSP++ 3.5 Manual

Archiver Guide

Archiver Guide
The elfar.exe
to produce a searchable library file. It performs the following operations,
as directed by options on the
• Creates a library file from a list of object files
• Appends one or more object files to an existing library file
• Deletes file(s) from a library file
• Extracts file(s) from a library file
• Prints the contents of a specified object file of an existing library
file to
stdout
• Replaces file(s) in an existing library file
• Encrypts symbol(s) in an existing library file
• Allows embedded version information into a library built with
elfar
The archiver can run only one of these operations at a time. However, for
commands that take a list of file names as arguments, the archiver can
input a text file that contains the names of object files (separated by white
space). The operation makes long lists easily manageable.
The archiver, which is sometimes called a librarian, is a general-purpose
utility. It can combine and extract arbitrary files. This manual refers to
DSP object files (
development.
6-2
utility combines and indexes object files (or any other files)
elfar
) because they are relevant to DSP code
.DOJ
VisualDSP++ 3.5 Linker and Utilities Manual
command line:
for 16-Bit Processors