how do I know if an object is with or without debug -newbie

[Sriharsha Vedurmudi]

I guess its using OBJDUMP:

objdump --headers <objectfile>

In the output, see if the debug sections have size greater than 2^0.

-Sriharsha.

John Que wrote:
> Hello,
> what is the best and shortest way to find if an object file
> was build with debug or not ? (I mean whether it was build with or 
> without -g ?)
> 
> regards,
> John
> 
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