Re: Extracting symbol info out of processes at runtime

From: John-Mark Gurney (gurney_j_at_efn.org)
Date: 04/29/04

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    Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:59:16 -0700
To: "P. de Boer" <pieter@thelostparadise.com>

    P. de Boer wrote this message on Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 17:59 +0200:
    > For a little private project I'm working at, I need to find the address
    > of a function which is inside a shared library of a running process, OR
    > the base address the library is running at (in that case, I can simply
    > do a base_address+known_offset_of_function). The executable nor
    > libraries have their symbols stripped.

    Well, if you don't mind not doing all the code, you could use gcore + gdb
    to extract the function and library... It may not be the most elegant
    solution, but it will work.. 

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  John-Mark Gurney				Voice: +1 415 225 5579
     "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
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