diff options
author | Miguel de Icaza <miguel@gnome.org> | 2009-04-24 00:15:47 +0400 |
---|---|---|
committer | Miguel de Icaza <miguel@gnome.org> | 2009-04-24 00:15:47 +0400 |
commit | a9a82471de4cec0baef8f23a94b155fb84e418be (patch) | |
tree | 60b234968ed1e71ebcba073182398caaa3dd0350 /man/pdb2mdb.1 | |
parent | 99b729569919b320a664bc7ed2dc0e6653a11b4c (diff) |
Add man page
svn path=/trunk/mono/; revision=132512
Diffstat (limited to 'man/pdb2mdb.1')
-rw-r--r-- | man/pdb2mdb.1 | 41 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/pdb2mdb.1 b/man/pdb2mdb.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..bbfbca35af4 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/pdb2mdb.1 @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +.\" Copyright 2003 Ximian, Inc. +.\" Copyright 2004-2009 Novell, Inc. +.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP) +.if t .sp .5v +.if n .sp +.. +.TH pdb2mdb 1 "23 April 2009" +.SH NAME +pdb2mdb \- Program Database to Mono Debugging Symbol converter. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B pdb2mdb +pdb_file +.SH DESCRIPTION +This tool is used to convert debugging symbols generated by +Microsoft's compilers into debugging symbols that can be consumed by +Mono's runtime. +.PP +Program Database files are files that end with the extension .pdb and +are associated with a library or executable (a .dll or .exe file). +This format was until recently not documented so Mono used its own +file format for storing debugging information, the Mono debugging +format. +.PP +Just like PDB files Mono Debugging information is stored in files that +reside side-by-side with a program executable or a library. +.PP +You can use the pdb2mdb tool to transform these PDB files into MDB +files that Mono can then consume to debug programs or provide +line-number information for stack traces or exceptions. +.SH LICENSE +The +.I pdb2mdb +tool is released under the terms of the Microsoft Public License +(MS-PL). +.AUTHORS +JB Evain wrote the tool. The PDB reading support came from Microsoft +Common Compiler Infrastructure. +.SH SEE ALSO +mono(1), mdb(1) +.SH WEB SITE +http://www.mono-project.com |