Dependency walker for libraries on mac

[McBgnr]

Hello,

Do we have something to view the dependencies and list the functions exported by a lib in mac os. We have depends in Windows. Any ideas?

 

[angelwatt]

Can you explain more about what you're asking. Windows uses a lot of DLLs, but Mac does not so your question may be mute.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Can you explain more about what you're asking. Windows uses a lot of DLLs, but Mac does not so your question may be mute.

Mac OS X actually has a bunch of structures that can conceivably be called libraries. There's the closest equivalent to the Windows DLL - the UNIX-style SO (shared object); the bundle, and the framework (both of which have no Windows equivalent). All of these things can be probed to find their exported functions and dependencies, but I don't know exactly how it's done.

 

[Catfish_Man]

Try using otool.

 

[kwin]

You could also try the new MacDependency which shows all dependencies in a hierarchy as well as the symbols exported by the dependent files. It is open source and you can get it from http://code.google.com/p/macdependency/