NAME

Win32::Ldd - Track dependencies for Windows EXE and DLL PE-files

SYNOPSIS

use Win32::Ldd qw(pe_dependencies);

my $dep_tree = pe_dependencies('c:\\strawberry\\perl\\bin\\perl.exe');

DESCRIPTION

This module is an XS wrapper for the https://github.com/LRN/ntldd|ntldd library.

It can inspect Windows PE files and extract information about its dependencies.

FUNCTIONS

The following function can be imported from the module:

$dep_tree = pe_dependencies($filename, %opts);

This function returns a tree of hashes representing the dependencies of the module.

The options accepted by the function are as follows:

search_paths => \@path

Where to look for DLLs. Defaults to the directories in $ENV{PATH}.

recursive => $bool

Indicates whether resolved dependencies should also be inspected for its own dependencies. Defaults to true.

data_reloc => $bool

unknown!

function_reloc => $bool

unknown!

SEE ALSO

The https://github.com/LRN/ntldd|ntldd project.

Other tools providing similar features are the Freeware http://dependencywalker.com/|DependencyWalker (aka depends.exe), or the objdump.exe utility (included with Strawberry Perl).

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2017 by Salvador Fandiño <sfandino@yahoo.com>.

Copyright (C) 2010-2016 LRN <lrn1986@gmail.com>

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.