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docs/build/reference/dumpbin-reference.md

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description: "Learn more about: DUMPBIN Reference"
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title: "DUMPBIN Reference"
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ms.date: "11/04/2016"
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ms.date: 08/09/2021
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f1_keywords: ["dumpbin"]
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helpviewer_keywords: ["binary data, binary file dumper", "DUMPBIN program", "Microsoft COFF binary file dumper", "COFF files, displaying information about", "binary file dumper"]
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The Microsoft COFF Binary File Dumper (DUMPBIN.EXE) displays information about Common Object File Format (COFF) binary files. You can use DUMPBIN to examine COFF object files, standard libraries of COFF objects, executable files, and dynamic-link libraries (DLLs).
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> [!NOTE]
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> You can start this tool only from the Visual Studio command prompt. You cannot start it from a system command prompt or from File Explorer unless you set up your system search PATH correctly.
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> We recommend you run DUMPBIN from the Visual Studio command prompt. You can't start it from a system command prompt unless you set the environment correctly. For more information, see [Use the Microsoft C++ toolset from the command line](../building-on-the-command-line.md).
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Only the [/HEADERS](headers.md) DUMPBIN option is available for use on files produced with the [/GL](gl-whole-program-optimization.md) compiler option.
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