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DSYMUTIL(1)			     LLVM			   DSYMUTIL(1)

NAME
       dsymutil	- manipulate archived DWARF debug symbol files

SYNOPSIS
       dsymutil	[options] executable

DESCRIPTION
       dsymutil	 links	the  DWARF debug information found in the object files
       for an executable executable by using debug  symbols  information  con-
       tained in its symbol table. By default, the linked debug	information is
       placed in a .dSYM bundle	with the same name as the executable.

OPTIONS
       --accelerator=<accelerator type>
	      Specify the desired type of accelerator table. Valid options are
	      'Apple', 'Dwarf',	'Default' and 'None'.

       --arch <arch>
	      Link DWARF debug information only	for specified CPU architecture
	      types.   Architectures may be specified by name. When using this
	      option, an error will be returned	if any architectures  can  not
	      be  properly  linked.   This  option  can	 be specified multiple
	      times, once for each desired architecture. All CPU architectures
	      will be linked by	default	and any	architectures  that  can't  be
	      properly linked will cause dsymutil to return an error.

       --build-variant-suffix <suffix=buildvariant>
	      Specify  the  build  variant suffix used to build	the executable
	      file.  There can be multiple variants for	the binary of a	 prod-
	      uct,  each  built	 slightly  differently.	 The most common build
	      variants are 'debug' and 'profile'. Setting the  DYLD_IMAGE_SUF-
	      FIX  environment	variable will cause dyld to load the specified
	      variant at runtime.

       --dump-debug-map
	      Dump the executable's debug-map (the list	of  the	 object	 files
	      containing  the  debug  information) in YAML format and exit. No
	      DWARF link will take place.

	      -D <path>

	      Specify a	directory that contain dSYM files to search for.  This
	      is used for mergeable libraries, so dsymutil knows where to look
	      for dSYM files with  debug information about symbols present  in
	      those libraries.

       --fat64
	      Use a 64-bit header when emitting	universal binaries.

       --flat, -f
	      Produce a	flat dSYM file.	A .dwarf extension will	be appended to
	      the  executable  name  unless the	output file is specified using
	      the -o option.

       --gen-reproducer
	      Generate a reproducer consisting	of  the	 input	object	files.
	      Alias for	--reproducer=GenerateOnExit.

       --help, -h
	      Print this help output.

       --keep-function-for-static
	      Make  a  static  variable	keep the enclosing function even if it
	      would have been omitted otherwise.

       --minimize, -z
	      When used	when creating a	dSYM file, this	option	will  suppress
	      the  emission  of	 the .debug_inlines, .debug_pubnames, and .de-
	      bug_pubtypes sections since dsymutil currently has better	equiv-
	      alents: .apple_names and .apple_types. When used in  conjunction
	      with --update option, this option	will cause redundant accelera-
	      tor tables to be removed.

       --no-odr
	      Do not use ODR (One Definition Rule) for uniquing	C++ types.

       --no-output
	      Do the link in memory, but do not	emit the result	file.

       --no-swiftmodule-timestamp
	      Don't check the timestamp	for swiftmodule	files.

       --num-threads <threads>,	-j <threads>
	      Specifies	 the maximum number (n)	of simultaneous	threads	to use
	      when linking multiple architectures.

       --object-prefix-map <prefix=remapped>
	      Remap object file	paths (but no source paths) before processing.
	      Use this for Clang objects where the module cache	 location  was
	      remapped	using  -fdebug-prefix-map;  to	help dsymutil find the
	      Clang module cache.

       --oso-prepend-path <path>
	      Specifies	a path to prepend to  all  debug  symbol  object  file
	      paths.

       --out <filename>, -o <filename>
	      Specifies	 an  alternate	path to	place the dSYM bundle. The de-
	      fault dSYM bundle	path is	created	by appending .dSYM to the exe-
	      cutable name.

       --remarks-drop-without-debug
	      Drop remarks without valid debug locations. Without this	flags,
	      all remarks are kept.

       --remarks-output-format <format>
	      Specify  the  format  to be used when serializing	the linked re-
	      marks.

       --remarks-prepend-path <path>
	      Specify a	directory to prepend the paths of the external	remark
	      files.

       --reproducer <mode>
	      Specify  the reproducer generation mode. Valid options are 'Gen-
	      erateOnExit', 'GenerateOnCrash', 'Use', 'Off'.

       --statistics
	      Print statistics about the contribution of each object  file  to
	      the  linked  debug  info.	This prints a table after linking with
	      the object file name, the	size of	the debug info in  the	object
	      file  (in	 bytes)	 and  the  size	 contributed (in bytes)	to the
	      linked dSYM. The table is	sorted by the output size listing  the
	      object files with	the largest contribution first.

       --symbol-map <bcsymbolmap>
	      Update the existing dSYMs	inplace	using symbol map specified.

       -s, --symtab
	      Dumps the	symbol table found in executable or object file(s) and
	      exits.

       -S     Output textual assembly instead of a binary dSYM companion file.

       --toolchain <toolchain>
	      Embed the	toolchain in the dSYM bundle's property	list.

       -u, --update
	      Update  an  existing dSYM	file to	contain	the latest accelerator
	      tables and other DWARF optimizations. This option	 will  rebuild
	      the '.apple_names' and '.apple_types' hashed accelerator tables.

       --use-reproducer	<path>
	      Use  the	object files from the given reproducer path. Alias for
	      --reproducer=Use.

       --verbose
	      Display verbose information when linking.

       --verify
	      Run the DWARF verifier on	the linked DWARF debug info.

       -v, --version
	      Display the version of the tool.

       -y     Treat executable as a YAML debug-map rather than an executable.

EXIT STATUS
       dsymutil	returns	0 if the DWARF debug information was  linked  success-
       fully. Otherwise, it returns 1.

SEE ALSO
       llvm-dwarfdump(1)

AUTHOR
       Maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/).

COPYRIGHT
       2003-2025, LLVM Project

18				  2025-04-13			   DSYMUTIL(1)

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