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What does the ELF explorer tool do?

Category: Software
Software Version: 1.0.0

I'm not familiar with an ELF explorer tool. What is it, what does it do, and how do I use it?

  • Hi,

    Firstly, ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) is a file that contains application code and data, and can be used by the linker to create a complete application or can be flashed into memory to run on a board.
    The ELF Explorer Tool allows you to open an ELF file and see information about it's contents; formatting details, memory usage, symbol names and sizes etc. This will allow you to quickly gain an understanding of exactly what is in your application and help you tune it without having to rely on a series of command line utilities and parsing of outputs.

    To use it, simply open an ELF file within VS Code and it will be opened in the ELF File Explorer by default.

    See https://developer-qa.analog.com/docs/codefusion-studio/latest/user-guide/tools/elf-file-explorer/ for more details on how to use the ELF File Explorer.

    Regards,
    Murray