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NAME
       pdb2mdb - Program Database to Mono Debugging Symbol converter.

SYNOPSIS
       pdb2mdb pdb_file

DESCRIPTION
       This tool is used to convert debugging symbols generated by Microsoft's
       compilers into debugging symbols that can be consumed by Mono's
       runtime.

       Program Database files are files that end with the extension .pdb and
       are associated with a library or executable (a .dll or .exe file).
       This format was until recently not documented so Mono used its own file
       format for storing debugging information, the Mono debugging format.

       Just like PDB files Mono Debugging information is stored in files that
       reside side-by-side with a program executable or a library.

       You can use the pdb2mdb tool to transform these PDB files into MDB
       files that Mono can then consume to debug programs or provide line-
       number information for stack traces or exceptions.

LICENSE
       The pdb2mdb tool is  released under the terms of the Microsoft Public
       License (MS-PL).  JB Evain wrote the tool.   The PDB reading support
       came from Microsoft Common Compiler Infrastructure.

SEE ALSO
       mono(1), mdb(1)

WEB SITE
       http://www.mono-project.com

                                 23 April 2009                      pdb2mdb(1)