Symbol Table in binary executable

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Symbol Table in binary executable

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Hi, Is there any way to include the symbol table during linking with ld to a binary file?

I've tried with *(.symtbl) on my linker file but it only outputs symbols when I set elf as output format.

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Post by bewing »

The format of the symbol table is specified in the overall output format. Elf has a symbol table format. Flat binary files do not. So I think the answer is no.
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