On peut obtenir un certain nombre d’information avec l’optioon /dump  du linker de la plateforme cible. Par exemple,

« C:\Program Files\Microsoft eMbedded C++ 4.0\EVC\WCE400\BIN\link.exe » /dump -HEADERS -DEPENDENTS toto.exe > dump.txt 

il donne la sortie ci-dessous avec le résumé, les dépendances, etc. 

Microsoft (R) COFF/PE Dumper Version 6.24.3077
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.   

Dump of file toto.exe   

PE signature found   

File Type: EXECUTABLE IMAGE   

FILE HEADER VALUES
             1C2 machine (Thumb)
               4 number of sections
        45D9BEA6 time date stamp Mon Feb 19 16:13:42 2007
               0 file pointer to symbol table
               0 number of symbols
              E0 size of optional header
             10F characteristics
                   Relocations stripped
                   Executable
                   Line numbers stripped
                   Symbols stripped
                   32 bit word machine   

OPTIONAL HEADER VALUES
             10B magic # (PE32)
            6.24 linker version
             400 size of code
             600 size of initialized data
               0 size of uninitialized data
            108C entry point (0001108C)
            1000 base of code
            2000 base of data
           10000 image base (00010000 to 00014FFF)
            1000 section alignment
             200 file alignment
            4.00 operating system version
            0.00 image version
            5.00 subsystem version
               0 Win32 version
            5000 size of image
             400 size of headers
               0 checksum
               9 subsystem (Windows CE GUI)
               0 DLL characteristics
           10000 size of stack reserve
            1000 size of stack commit
          100000 size of heap reserve
            1000 size of heap commit
               0 loader flags
              10 number of directories
               0 [       0] RVA [size] of Export Directory
            2014 [      28] RVA [size] of Import Directory
               0 [       0] RVA [size] of Resource Directory
            4000 [      30] RVA [size] of Exception Directory
               0 [       0] RVA [size] of Certificates Directory
               0 [       0] RVA [size] of Base Relocation Directory
               0 [       0] RVA [size] of Debug Directory
               0 [       0] RVA [size] of Architecture Directory
               0 [       0] RVA [size] of Global Pointer Directory
               0 [       0] RVA [size] of Thread Storage Directory
               0 [       0] RVA [size] of Load Configuration Directory
               0 [       0] RVA [size] of Bound Import Directory
            3000 [      14] RVA [size] of Import Address Table Directory
               0 [       0] RVA [size] of Delay Import Directory
               0 [       0] RVA [size] of COM Descriptor Directory
               0 [       0] RVA [size] of Reserved Directory   

SECTION HEADER #1
   .text name
     2B8 virtual size
    1000 virtual address (00011000 to 000112B7)
     400 size of raw data
     400 file pointer to raw data (00000400 to 000007FF)
       0 file pointer to relocation table
       0 file pointer to line numbers
       0 number of relocations
       0 number of line numbers
60000020 flags
         Code
         Execute Read   

SECTION HEADER #2
  .rdata name
      5C virtual size
    2000 virtual address (00012000 to 0001205B)
     200 size of raw data
     800 file pointer to raw data (00000800 to 000009FF)
       0 file pointer to relocation table
       0 file pointer to line numbers
       0 number of relocations
       0 number of line numbers
40000040 flags
         Initialized Data
         Read Only   

  Image has the following dependencies:   

    COREDLL.dll   

SECTION HEADER #3
   .data name
      75 virtual size
    3000 virtual address (00013000 to 00013074)
     200 size of raw data
     A00 file pointer to raw data (00000A00 to 00000BFF)
       0 file pointer to relocation table
       0 file pointer to line numbers
       0 number of relocations
       0 number of line numbers
C0000040 flags
         Initialized Data
         Read Write   

SECTION HEADER #4
  .pdata name
      30 virtual size
    4000 virtual address (00014000 to 0001402F)
     200 size of raw data
     C00 file pointer to raw data (00000C00 to 00000DFF)
       0 file pointer to relocation table
       0 file pointer to line numbers
       0 number of relocations
       0 number of line numbers
40000040 flags
         Initialized Data
         Read Only   

  Summary   

        1000 .data
        1000 .pdata
        1000 .rdata
        1000 .text