OlegKobchenko/Nut Shell

Life saver little shell scripts

Windows

Register all DLLs in a folder

for %c in (*.dll) do regsvr32 /s %c    add /u to unregister

Unix

Extract tar

tar -xzf file.tar.gz    current folder as root of expansion

Symbol link all DLLs in a folder

for X in *.so.*; do ln -s $X ${X/.0.0/}; done
will create libexpr.so.3 -> libexpr.so.3.0.0 links

Unwind symbolic links

$ file /usr/lib/libOSMesa.so*
/usr/lib/libOSMesa.so:     symbolic link to `libOSMesa.so.4.0'
/usr/lib/libOSMesa.so.4:   symbolic link to `libOSMesa.so.4.0'

List library dependencies

ldd file         Linux
otool -L file    Mac

Symbol table

nm -m -g file    -m modules, -g externs

Mac

Share Drive

cd ~/Public             current folder as target
ln -s /Volumes/Drive    same name sym-link created

Source: Share a Mac DVD drive to a Windows PC, macosxhints.com

See Also

• Porting Command Line Unix Tools to Mac OS X, command line tools, dynamic libraries, compiling, linking, functions, many useful links

• Interfaces/Xcode, linking with J dynamic library

• Chris Taylor's Vi Reference and guide, from Unix is a Four Letter Word