Output from "lib /list <import library>"

ID: Q119332

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft LIB Utility for Windows NT, versions 1.0, 2.5, 2.55

The documentation for the 32-bit LIB utility says that the /LIST option can be used to determine the contents on an existing library. The output for an object library is a list of the names of the object modules used to build the library. However, the output for an import library is the name of the module-definition (.DEF) file or the DLL, repeated for each imported symbol.

For example, run the following command to view the contents of the import library GDI32.LIB:

lib /list gdi32.lib

The output is as follows:

LIB 1.0

gdi32.def
gdi32.def
gdi32.def
...
gdi32.def
gdi32.def

LIB 2.5x

gdi32.dll
gdi32.dll
gdi32.dll
...
gdi32.dll
gdi32.dll

This is the format of an import library: all of its modules have the same name. Microsoft LINK relies on this information during linking.

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Version : winnt:1.0,2.5,2.55
Platform : winnt
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