PBUILDID(1)

📦 version 0.1, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 PBUILDID 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to pbuildid from the Linux Programmer's Manual — yes that's the actual manual name, we're fancy here. this little icon prints the build id of an ELF executable or core file, and honestly? it's giving detective energy. 🔍✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

pbuildid — print the build id of an ELF executable or core file. that's it. that's the whole gig. periodt. 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

pbuildid [OPTION]... [FILE]...

literally so simple. options, then files. you got this. 🫶

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the tea: pbuildid reads the build id embedded in the process image of a core file or an executable file. no cap, that's the whole thing. 💅

the build id note is allocated and can be found in the process image by searching for a NOTE segment. in executable files, either the NOTE segment or the NOTE section can be used. iykyk. 🎀

and here's the part that's actually lowkey cool — if the process image contained in the core file is of a dynamically linked executable, the debug information provided by the dynamic linker is used to find and print the build ids of the loaded dynamic shared objects. the way that works?? obsessed. 🔥

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --kernel — print the build id of the running kernel. she's checking the whole system's vibe. 👑
  • --vdso — also print the build id of the vDSO mapped by the kernel (in core file). note the "also" — it's adding onto whatever else you asked for, bestie. 🦋
  • --help — usage information. the classic. when in doubt, ask for help. 🙈
  • --debug — print debug information about what pbuildid is doing. basically she narrates her whole process to you. main character energy fr fr. 💀✨

🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

go check those out too, they're part of the friend group. 🫶

🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

Jan Blunck <jblunck@suse.de> — thank you for your service, legend. 🫡💖

heads up bestie: everything above is exactly what the page says — no invented lore, no extra tips dressed up as facts. just the real, the whole real, and nothing but the real. 💅✨

and that's a wrap! 🌈 this page is dated 2008-11-10 and comes to you from ptools V0.1 — vintage but iconic, she ate and left no crumbs. 🍓👑 mwah! 💜

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