From:	Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: Reverse-compiler
Date:	31 Mar 2000 17:06:40 -0800
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"Ben Davis" <ben AT vjpoole DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> writes:

> OK. Now this is going to sound stupid.
> 
> GCC *very* cleverly managed to delete my source code :-( probably because I
> got the command line wrong. I still have the executable, with debugging info
> but optimised. I also have a makefile (which didn't work; RHIDE created it,
> but it wasn't linking with the Allegro library), and I have the RHIDE
> project files.
> 
> The source was written in C.
> 
> I need to generate the source from the executable, as best as possible. Is
> the required program part of the standard DJGPP distribution? If so, what is
> it called? If not, where can I get such a program?

Generally, you can't.  Sorry.  Even if you could, it would bear no
resemblance to your original source.

You can disassemble it if you want; use objdump.  But you can't get C
source back.  Did I mention backups are a good idea?  (You might also
check for things like auto-save files from your editor...)

-- 

Nate Eldredge
neldredge AT hmc DOT edu

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