NmsUtil -- Utility to extract from Softice .nms file

NmsUtil -- Extract or compare source code in a Softice .nms file

You might have noticed that a Softice .nms file as built for driver debugging typically contains most of the source code for your project.

NmsUtil.exe is a commandline utility program I wrote to retrieve and manipulate the source in a .nms file. It will

Extract source from .nms to a specified directory.
Compare a .nms file against a source tree and note any files which differ. This may help you answer the question "what changed?!?"

NmsUtil.exe has been tested with symbols files from Softice's v1.22 nmsym.exe, corresponding to release 3.2 of Softice. To write NmsUtil, I inspected a few .nms files in order to understand the .nms format. I know of no commitment by Numega to keep the format the same in future releases.

Download NmsUtil.exe v0.9 (Freeware. 47,104 bytes)

If you get into a DOS box and run NmsUtil without any arguments, it gives the following Help:

NmsUtil v0.9 (c) Copyright 1998 David Markun http://www.markun.com
Usage: nmsutil cmd [args...]  where cmd is one of:
List       -- Show list of files for which this .nms file contains source
              Usage: NmsUtil LIST nmsfilename 
Extract    -- Extract all contained source to separate new files
              Usage: NmsUtil EXTRACT nmsfilename [/OUTDIR=dirname]
			[/PROMPT] [/DIFFERENT] [/SRCBASEDIR=x:\foo\bar\]
		where
			/OutDir=where output files created (default current)
			/Prompt generates a y/n prompt before each extract
			/Different extracts only those files whose current
				source differs from .nms contents
			/SrcBaseDir=base path for ..\ filenames
Compare    -- Compare source in .nms file versus original source files
              Usage: NmsUtil COMPARE nmsfilename [/QUIET]
			[/SRCBASEDIR=x:\foo\bar\] 
		where
			/Quiet omits mention of files that compare Same
			/SrcBaseDir=base path for ..\ filenames

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