NAME¶

pbuildid - print the build id of an ELF executable or core file

SYNOPSIS¶

pbuildid [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION¶

pbuildid reads the build id embedded in the process image of a core file or an executable file.

The build id note is allocated an can be found in the process image by searching for a NOTE segment. In executable files either the NOTE segment or the NOTE section can be used.

If the process image that is contained in the core file is of a dynamically linked executable, the debug information provided by the dynamic linker is used to find and print the build ids of the loaded dynamic shared objects.

OPTIONS¶

--kernel

Print the build id of the running kernel

--vdso

Also print the build id of the vDSO mapped by the kernel (in core file)

--help

Usage information

--debug

Print debug information about what pbuildid is doing

SEE ALSO¶

nm(1), ptrace(2)

AUTHORS¶

Jan Blunck <jblunck@suse.de>