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ctfmerge – merge several CTF data sections into one

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ctfmerge [-fgstv] -l label -L labelenv -o outfile file ...
ctfmerge [-fgstv] -l label -L labelenv -o outfile -d uniqfile [-g] [-D uniqlabel] file ...
ctfmerge [-fgstv] -l label -L labelenv -o outfile -w withfile file ...
ctfmerge [-g] -c srcfile destfile

The ctfmerge utility merges several CTF (Compact C Type Format) data sections from several files into one output file, unifying common data.

The following options are available:

-f
	Match global symbols to global CTF data.
-g
	Don't delete the original debugging sections.
-s
	Use the .dynsym ELF section instead of the .symtab ELF section.
-t
	Make sure that all object files have a CTF section.
-v
	Enable verbose mode.
-l label
	Sets the label as label.
-L labelenv
	Instructs ctfmerge to read the label from the environment variable labelenv.
-o outfile
	Use outfile to store the merged CTF data.
-d uniqfile
	Uniquify against uniqfile.
-d uniqlabel
	Uniquify against label uniqlabel
-w withfile
	Additive merge with withfile.
-c srcfile destfile
	Copy CTF data from srcfile into destfile.

The utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

The ctfmerge utility first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0 .

The CTF utilities came from OpenSolaris.