crazy question (want to locate a particular function from all object files)

[Globe Trotter]

Hi,

--- John Summerfied <debian at herakles.homelinux.org> wrote:

> Globe Trotter wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Is there a way to list all object files on my machine, and then to locate
> all
> > matches to a particular function?
> > 
> > Many thanks and best wishes!
> 
> define "object files." Most people mean the output of an assembler (or 
> compiler), but I'm not sure that's what you mean.

Many thanks! That is exactly what I mean! 

> Such files generally have names ending in ".o"
> 
> I suggest you write a little script like this:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> echo $1
> nm $1
> 
> Shall we call it "listem" and store it in ~/bin/
> 
> Don't forget "chmod +x ~/bin/listem"
> 
> Then:
> find <where you expect them> -type f -name \*.o \
> 	-exec ~/bin/listem {} \; \
> 	 >/tmp/listed
> 
> If you mean "shared object" then the suffix is .so, and there might be 
> some .a files of interest.
> 

I assume for .so, I would have to use nm -D?
Would there be any place else (other than .o, .so and .a files) that I could
find them on the system?

Many thanks again!
Best wishes!

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