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From: march@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Disassembler for VAX - wanted
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Date: 15 May 89 00:56:00 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!march    May 14 19:56:00 1989


	Does anyone know where I can get a disassembler for a VAX 11
series machine running 4.3BSD?  I have looked for the 'dis' utility but
have been unable to turn it up.  I believe this is usually provided by the
vendor but am unable to confirm this hypothesis.  I would prefer it be able
to handle symbolic values and addresses easily.  In other words, I like
what I have seen with using dis on other machines.  (Yea, it's not the
best I've seen but it is adequate in this situation.)

	I have tried using dbx but it will not display the addresses of the
symbols it uses.  For example, dbx will output: calls $1, getobject.  This 
is what I want but, where is getobject really located (the address).
What would really be nice is for the disassembler to place a label
"getobject:" in the disassembly at the start of the subroutine.

	Unless I have missed something ... this utility does not exists 
in the comp.sources.unix or comp.sources.misc archive.  I have also checked
various anonymous ftp sites with no luck.  Are there any locations which
are suggested to check in this situation?  Any information is certainly
welcome.
			Thank you, 
					- Steve

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Steve March                     
Computer Science Department - University of Illinois
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