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29.Dd April 21, 2022
30.Dt CTFMERGE 1
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm ctfmerge
34.Nd merge several CTF data sections into one
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Nm
37.Op Fl fgstv
38.Fl l Ar label
39.Fl L Ar labelenv
40.Fl o Ar outfile
41file ...
42.Nm
43.Op Fl fgstv
44.Fl l Ar label
45.Fl L Ar labelenv
46.Fl o Ar outfile
47.Fl d Ar uniqfile
48.Op Fl g
49.Op Fl D Ar uniqlabel
50file ...
51.Nm
52.Op Fl fgstv
53.Fl l Ar label
54.Fl L Ar labelenv
55.Fl o Ar outfile
56.Fl w Ar withfile
57file ...
58.Nm
59.Op Fl g
60.Fl c Ar srcfile
61.Ar destfile
62.Sh DESCRIPTION
63The
64.Nm
65utility merges several CTF (Compact C Type Format) data sections from several
66files into one output file, unifying common data.
67.Pp
68The following options are available:
69.Bl -tag -width indent
70.It Fl f
71Match global symbols to global CTF data.
72.It Fl g
73Don't delete the original debugging sections.
74.It Fl s
75Use the .dynsym ELF section instead of the .symtab ELF section.
76.It Fl t
77Make sure that all object files have a CTF section.
78.It Fl v
79Enable verbose mode.
80.It Fl l Ar label
81Sets the label as
82.Ar label .
83.It Fl L Ar labelenv
84Instructs
85.Nm
86to read the label from the environment variable
87.Ar labelenv .
88.It Fl o Ar outfile
89Use
90.Ar outfile
91to store the merged CTF data.
92.It Fl d Ar uniqfile
93Uniquify against
94.Ar uniqfile .
95.It Fl d Ar uniqlabel
96Uniquify against label
97.Ar uniqlabel
98.It Fl w Ar withfile
99Additive merge with
100.Ar withfile .
101.It Fl c Ar srcfile Ar destfile
102Copy CTF data from
103.Ar srcfile
104into
105.Ar destfile .
106.El
107.Sh EXIT STATUS
108.Ex -std
109.Sh SEE ALSO
110.Xr ctfconvert 1 ,
111.Xr ctfdump 1 ,
112.Xr ctf 5
113.Sh HISTORY
114The
115.Nm
116utility first appeared in
117.Fx 7.0 .
118.Sh AUTHORS
119The CTF utilities came from OpenSolaris.
120