- 1 year ago
Is there some equivalent of GNU Binary File Descriptor (BFD) for Windows .lib files?
Yes, there is an equivalent of GNU Binary File Descriptor (BFD) for Windows .lib files. The Microsoft Developer Studio (MSDS) linker includes a library called "LIB" that is used to create and manage .lib files on Windows.
The LIB tool is a command-line tool that comes with the Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler. It allows you to create, modify, and extract object files from .lib libraries. You can also use it to create import libraries and static libraries from object files.
Here are some of the common commands you can use with the LIB tool:
To create a .lib library from one or more object files:
vbnetlib /OUT:output.lib file1.obj file2.obj ...
To add an object file to an existing .lib library:
vbnetlib /ADD:existing.lib newfile.obj
To extract an object file from a .lib library:
vbnetlib /EXTRACT:object.lib filename.obj
To list the contents of a .lib library:
vbnetlib /LIST:library.lib
To create an import library for a DLL:
rubylib /DEF:exports.def /OUT:library.lib
The LIB tool is an essential part of the Microsoft Visual C++ development environment and allows you to work with .lib files on Windows just like the BFD library allows you to work with object files and libraries on Unix-like systems.