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12 <concept id="GUID-28B9B737-AA79-5595-8DDE-7DD52402C0B9" xml:lang="en"><title>Tools |
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13 and file types used in the build process</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody> |
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14 <p>This page briefly lists the main Symbian-specific tools and file types |
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15 used in building components. In addition to these tools, the build process |
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16 will use compilers and linkers supplied by various third party companies. </p> |
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17 <p>Tools supplied by Symbian are in <filepath>epoc32\tools\</filepath> directory. </p> |
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18 <section id="GUID-846782B7-C972-4F36-B7CF-DE433985E20D"><title>Tools</title> <table id="GUID-108C8A55-E732-5F1E-9CD7-CCC634A06B61"> |
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19 <tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col0"/><colspec colname="col1"/> |
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20 <tbody> |
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21 <row> |
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22 <entry><p> <b>Tool</b> </p> </entry> |
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23 <entry><p> <b>Description</b> </p> </entry> |
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24 </row> |
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25 <row> |
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26 <entry><p> <filepath>bldmake</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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27 <entry><p>This tool processes a component description file (<filepath>bld.inf</filepath>), |
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28 which describes various aspects of the component, and generates make files |
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29 and a batch file called <filepath>abld.bat</filepath>. This batch file is |
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30 then used to drive the rest of the component build. </p> </entry> |
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31 </row> |
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32 <row> |
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33 <entry><p> <filepath>abld</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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34 <entry><p>Calls the <filepath>.make</filepath> files generated by the <filepath>bldmake</filepath> tool |
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35 to build a component. The make files typically call the <filepath>makmake</filepath> tool |
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36 to create makefiles that specify the required build steps to build the component |
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37 for a particular target. </p> </entry> |
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38 </row> |
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39 <row> |
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40 <entry><p> <filepath>makmake</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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41 <entry><p>Takes a <filepath>.mmp</filepath> project file which lists the elements |
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42 of the project, and produces a makefile for the platform specified. The GCC <filepath>make</filepath> utility |
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43 is then called to execute the make file. </p> </entry> |
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44 </row> |
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45 <row> |
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46 <entry><p> <filepath>elf2e32</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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47 <entry><p>Converts the ELF representation of an executable into an E32Image |
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48 format file, the format required to run on Symbian platform. Used only for |
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49 ARMV5 (ABIv2) target. </p> </entry> |
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50 </row> |
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51 <row> |
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52 <entry><p> <filepath>elftran</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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53 <entry><p>Transforms the ELF representation of an executable into an E32Image |
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54 format file, the format required to run on Symbian platform. Used only for |
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55 ARMV5 (ABIv1) target. </p> </entry> |
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56 </row> |
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57 <row> |
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58 <entry><p> <filepath>elf2Inf</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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59 <entry><p>Gets a list of the symbol names of the exported definitions from |
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60 an ELF file. Its output <filepath>.inf</filepath> file is input to <filepath>makedef</filepath>. |
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61 Used only for ARMV5 (ABIv1) target. </p> </entry> |
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62 </row> |
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63 |
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64 <row> |
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65 <entry><p> <filepath>makedef</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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66 <entry><p>Maintains or creates DEF files, which record an executable's exported |
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67 symbols by ordinal. </p> </entry> |
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68 </row> |
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69 <row> |
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70 <entry><p> <filepath>def2dll</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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71 <entry><p>Creates binary objects used to implement the Symbian platform DLL |
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72 model. These are a representation (ELF) of the export table (<filepath>.exp</filepath> file), |
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73 and its import library (<filepath>.lib</filepath>). Used only for ARMV5 (ABIv1) |
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74 target. </p> </entry> |
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75 </row> |
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76 <row> |
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77 <entry><p> <filepath>epocrc</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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78 <entry><p>Combines the actions of passing a resource file through the C++ |
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79 preprocessor, and then compiling it with the <filepath>rcomp</filepath> tool. </p> </entry> |
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80 </row> |
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81 <row> |
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82 <entry><p> <filepath>rcomp</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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83 <entry><p>Resource compiler. Compiles source <filepath>rss</filepath> resource |
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84 files into compiled resource data files, and a <filepath>rsg</filepath> resource |
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85 header file. </p> </entry> |
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86 </row> |
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87 <row> |
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88 <entry><p> <filepath>bmconv</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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89 <entry><p>Bitmap converter. Takes one or more Microsoft Windows bitmaps <filepath>.bmp</filepath> and |
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90 generates a single multi-bitmap file <filepath>.mbm</filepath>, optimised |
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91 for efficient runtime loading by the GDI. Also a header file <filepath>.h</filepath> with |
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92 symbolic definitions for each bitmap in the file. </p> </entry> |
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93 </row> |
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94 </tbody> |
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95 </tgroup> |
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96 </table> <p>More specialised tools are available for particular types of development, |
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97 e.g. for generating font and printer driver libraries. </p> </section> |
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98 <section id="GUID-A95BD340-3A89-40E6-805E-73C92E6159A7"><title>File types</title> <p>The following file types are involved |
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99 in the build processes: </p> <table id="GUID-D05A7EA1-48E7-5347-BE8D-B8E646580E52"> |
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100 <tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col0"/><colspec colname="col1"/> |
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101 <tbody> |
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102 <row> |
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103 <entry><p> <filepath>bld.inf</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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104 <entry><p>component description file, input to <filepath>bldmake</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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105 </row> |
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106 <row> |
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107 <entry><p> <filepath>.mmp</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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108 <entry><p>project file: specification of a project, input to <filepath>abld/makmake</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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109 </row> |
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110 <row> |
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111 <entry><p> <filepath>.<target></filepath> </p> </entry> |
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112 <entry><p>a makefile, output from <filepath>makmake</filepath>, used to build |
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113 the project for the specified target. Examples are <filepath>.winscw</filepath> for |
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114 the WINSCW target, <filepath>.armv5</filepath> for the ARMV5 target, etc. </p> </entry> |
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115 </row> |
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116 <row> |
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117 <entry><p> <filepath>.make</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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118 <entry><p>build batch makefile, for use by <filepath>abld</filepath> for the |
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119 purposes of building, output from <filepath>bldmake bldfiles</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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120 </row> |
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121 <row> |
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122 <entry><p> <filepath>.cpp</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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123 <entry><p>C++ source file </p> </entry> |
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124 </row> |
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125 <row> |
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126 <entry><p> <filepath>.h</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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127 <entry><p>header file, for inclusion in C++ file </p> </entry> |
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128 </row> |
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129 <row> |
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130 <entry><p> <filepath>.rss</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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131 <entry><p>resource source file, for input to <filepath>rcomp</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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132 </row> |
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133 <row> |
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134 <entry><p> <filepath>.rh</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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135 <entry><p>resource header, for inclusion in resource file </p> </entry> |
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136 </row> |
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137 <row> |
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138 <entry><p> <filepath>.hrh</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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139 <entry><p>common C++ or resource header, for inclusion in either type of source |
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140 file </p> </entry> |
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141 </row> |
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142 <row> |
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143 <entry><p> <filepath>.rsg</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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144 <entry><p>generated resource header file, output from <filepath>rcomp</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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145 </row> |
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146 <row> |
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147 <entry><p> <filepath>.rsc</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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148 <entry><p>generated resource file, output from <filepath>rcomp</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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149 </row> |
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150 <row> |
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151 <entry><p> <filepath>.bmp</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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152 <entry><p>bitmap file, in Microsoft Windows format, input to <filepath>bmconv</filepath> (can |
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153 also be output) </p> </entry> |
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154 </row> |
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155 <row> |
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156 <entry><p> <filepath>.mbm</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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157 <entry><p>multi-bitmap file, generated by Symbian platform bitmap compiler, |
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158 output from <filepath>bmconv</filepath> (can also be input) </p> </entry> |
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159 </row> |
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160 <row> |
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161 <entry><p> <filepath>.def</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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162 <entry><p>linker definition file, defining an executable's exports and their |
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163 ordinal positions. </p> </entry> |
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164 </row> |
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165 <row> |
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166 <entry><p> <filepath>.lib</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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167 <entry><p>static library file, often containing stub functions for DLL linking. </p> </entry> |
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168 </row> |
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169 <row> |
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170 <entry><p> <filepath>.map</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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171 <entry><p>map of entities in an executable, output by linker </p> </entry> |
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172 </row> |
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173 <row> |
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174 <entry><p> <filepath>.exe</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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175 <entry><p>executable that can be loaded and run as a process </p> </entry> |
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176 </row> |
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177 <row> |
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178 <entry><p> <filepath>.dll</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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179 <entry><p>dynamic link library or DLL: executable containing shared functionality |
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180 that can be loaded by other executables </p> </entry> |
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181 </row> |
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182 <row> |
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183 <entry><p> <filepath>.dso</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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184 <entry><p>ELF format file output by compiler/linkers for ARM targets. Also |
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185 used for linking against DLLs in the ARMV5 ABIv2 target. </p> </entry> |
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186 </row> |
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187 </tbody> |
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188 </tgroup> |
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189 </table> </section> |
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190 </conbody></concept> |
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