genidl(1)

💖 genidl — bestie's guide to the Windows typelib info extractor 💖

okay so real talk, this is the genidl page from the General Commands Manual, and it is genuinely one of the most "small tool, huge power" situations i've ever seen. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're doing this.

✨ NAME ✨

genidl — the Windows typelib information extractor. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly no cap 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

genidl [options] <file>

literally just hand her some options and a file and she goes to work 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the vibe is: genidl dumps IDL information that it finds inside typelib data chillin' in your files. and where does that typelib data live?? i'm so glad you asked bestie:

• 32-bit Windows executables
• 64-bit Windows executables
• TLB files

that's the whole buffet. she reads them, she pulls the IDL out, she gives it to you. main character energy fr fr ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

every single one of these matters, don't skip, i will know 😭

• -h, --help — gives you the quick little rundown of the syntax and the options. like a bestie summarizing the group chat for you 🫶
• -b <arg>, --basedumpname=<arg> — uses arg as the prefix for the .idl files she generates. so if you want your output named something cute, this is where you say it 🎀
• -H, --header — generates a header. yes queen, give us the header too 💜
• -d, --dump — dumps additional debugging information. for when you're in your detective era 🔍
• -v, --verbose — shows additional status information. she'll narrate what she's doing, which honestly? obsessed 🌈

ngl, -v and -d together is a whole experience. do with that what you will 💀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• gendef(1) — her sibling, go say hi, iykyk 🧚

👑 AUTHORS 👑

okay giving credit where credit is so due:

• genidl was written by Kai Tietz and Jonathan Yong of the MinGW-w64 project. legends, honestly. 🔥
• this manual page was written by Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). king behavior, sharing is caring 💖

and that's the whole page bestie!! one last thing — this version of the page is dated Oct 6, 2011, it lives under the genidl(1) manual entry, and it's the genidl page, so if you see it floating around, that's her. mwah, go extract some typelibs, you got this 🎀💜✨