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<h4 class="subsection">7.2.3 Transformations of Stabs in separate sections</h4>
<p>For object file formats using stabs in separate sections (see <a href="Stab-Sections.html#Stab-Sections">Stab Sections</a>), use <code>objdump --stabs</code> instead of <code>nm</code> to show the
stabs in an object or executable file. <code>objdump</code> is a GNU utility;
Sun does not provide any equivalent.
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<p>The following example is for a stab whose value is an address is
relative to the compilation unit (see <a href="ELF-Linker-Relocation.html#ELF-Linker-Relocation">ELF Linker Relocation</a>). For
example, if the source line
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<pre class="example">static int ld = 5;
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<p>appears within a function, then the assembly language output from the
compiler contains:
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<pre class="example">.Ddata.data:
…
.stabs "ld:V(0,3)",0x26,0,4,.L18-Ddata.data # <span class="roman">0x26 is N_STSYM</span>
…
.L18:
.align 4
.word 0x5
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<p>Because the value is formed by subtracting one symbol from another, the
value is absolute, not relocatable, and so the object file contains
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<pre class="example">Symnum n_type n_othr n_desc n_value n_strx String
31 STSYM 0 4 00000004 680 ld:V(0,3)
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<p>without any relocations, and the executable file also contains
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<pre class="example">Symnum n_type n_othr n_desc n_value n_strx String
31 STSYM 0 4 00000004 680 ld:V(0,3)
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