Date:	Mon, 15 Apr 1996 08:31:39 +0200 (MET DST)
From:	"Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku AT gilberto DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject:	Re: EXE analysing utility
In-reply-to:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.960415083048.3742J-100000@is>
To:	eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Cc:	ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Reply-to:	Christoph Kukulies <kuku AT gilberto DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Message-id:	<199604150631.IAA28220@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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> 
> 
> On 14 Apr 1996, Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> 
> > Use DUMPSTRS filename (or GO32 DUMPSTRS.COF filename) to run it. It will
> > read the specified file, outputting to screen every string of five or more
> > normal ASCII characters in a row. It will properly read past the ^Zs that
> > trip up using "type" for this and goes around the binary chatter that
> 
> Anybody who needs a nifty utility should look in his djgpp/bin directory 
> first and read the docs for any program there that he/she doesn't know 
> its purpose offhand.  The above is just another confirmation of this 
> great rule, because not only does such a program exist, it's part of 
> DJGPP!  It's called STRINGS (not surprisingly) and comes with the bnu252 
> distribution.  It handles everything Paul described, and has gobs of 
> additional features.
> 
> Why reinvent the wheel?

being at it: I found nm from dgjpp 1.12 (dunno if it's changed in V2 or
has been improved) suitable for listing symbols in Win32 .objs and libs.
(it's also COFF, though nm claims it cannot translate certain
storage classes 104 and 105).



> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku AT gil DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de

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