find out what functions a static C library has

Question

hi,

I have a static C library (say mylib.a) and I was wondering if it's possible to find out what functions are implemented inside that file. I don't have a corresponding header file. what I need is like the equivalent of javap for Java.

Answer 1

On Windows you can use dumpbin. On Linux and friends you can use nm.

Answer 2

use nm . That will only give you the symbol names - of which most of the symbols prefixed with T will be functions. function arguments are not retained in the binary.