Appendix: Utilities Used by the IDE

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This appendix lists the utilities used by the IDE.

Here are the utilities used by the IDE:

• addr2line -- Convert addresses into line number/file name pairs
• flashcmp -- Compress files for a Flash filesystem
• gcc -- Compile and link a program
• gdb -- Debugger
• icc -- Intel C and C++ compiler (x86 only, purchased separately)
• ld -- Linker
• make -- Maintain, update, and regenerate groups of programs
• mkefs -- Build an embedded filesystem
• mkifs -- Build an OS image filesystem
• mkimage -- Build a socket image from individual files
• mkrec -- Convert a binary image into ROM format
• objcopy -- Copy the contents of one object file to another
• pdebug -- Process-level debugger
• qcc -- Compile command
• qconn -- Provide service support to remote IDE components
• strip -- Remove unnecessary information from executable files
• usemsg -- Change the usage message for a command

For more information, see the Utilities Reference.