dis(1)

dis -- object code disassembler

Synopsis

   dis [-o] [-V] [-L] [-s] [-d sec] [-D sec] [-F function] 
   	[-t sec] [-l string] file . . .

Description

The dis command produces an assembly language listing of file, which may be an object file or an archive of object files. The listing includes assembly statements and an octal or hexadecimal representation of the binary that produced those statements.

The following options are interpreted by the disassembler and may be specified in any order.

-d sec: Disassemble the named section as data, printing the offset of the data from the beginning of the section.

-D sec: Disassemble the named section as data, printing the actual address of the data.

-F function: Disassemble only the named function in each object file specified on the command line. The -F option may be specified multiple times on the command line.

-L: Lookup source labels for subsequent printing. This option works only if the file was compiled with additional debugging information (for example, the -g option of cc).

-l string: Disassemble the archive file specified by string. For example, you would issue the command dis -l x -l z to disassemble libx.a and libz.a, which are assumed to be in LIBDIR.
-o: Print numbers in octal. The default is hexadecimal.

-s: Perform symbolic disassembly where possible. Symbolic disassembly output will appear on the line following the instruction. Symbol names will be printed using C syntax.

-t sec: Disassemble the named section as text.

-V: Print, on standard error, the version number of the disassembler being executed.

If the -d, -D or -t options are specified, only those named sections from each user-supplied file name will be disassembled. Otherwise, all sections containing text will be disassembled.

On output, a number enclosed in brackets at the beginning of a line, such as ``[5]'', indicates that the break-pointable line number starts with the following instruction. These line numbers will be printed only if the file was compiled with additional debugging information (for example, the -g option of cc). An expression such as ``<40>'' in the operand field or in the symbolic disassembly, following a relative displacement for control transfer instructions, is the computed address within the section to which control will be transferred. A function name will appear in the first column, followed by ``()'' if the object file contains a symbol table.

Errors

The self-explanatory diagnostics indicate errors in the command line or problems encountered with the specified files.

Files

Libdir: usually /usr/ccs/lib

References

a.out(4), as(1), cc(1), ld(1)

Notices

Since the -da option did not adhere to the command syntax rules, it has been replaced by -D.

At this time, symbolic disassembly does not take advantage of additional information available if the file is compiled with the -g option.