https://github.com/p0dalirius/pdbdownload

A Python script to download PDB files associated with a Portable Executable (PE)
https://github.com/p0dalirius/pdbdownload

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A Python script to download PDB files associated with a Portable Executable (PE)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/p0dalirius/pdbdownload
• Owner: p0dalirius
• Created: 2022-02-08T08:19:07.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-15T16:19:58.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-14T01:08:18.341Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: debug, download, microsoft, pdb, pe, portable-executable, tool
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://podalirius.net/
• Size: 113 KB
• Stars: 117
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 11
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml

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    A Python script to download PDB files associated with a Portable Executable (PE).

    


    

    

    

    




## Features

 - [x] Download PDB symbols from `msdl.microsoft.com`.

 - [x] Process a single or a batch of PortableExecutable (PE) files.

## Installation

pdbdownload is available on [PyPi](https://pypi.org/project/pdbdownload/):

```

python3 -m pip install pdbdownload

```

## Usage

```

$ ./pdbdownload.py -h

usage: pdbdownload.py [-h] (-f PE_FILE | -d PE_DIR) [-S SYMBOLS_DIR] [-v]

Description message

optional arguments:

  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

  -f PE_FILE, --pe-file PE_FILE

  -d PE_DIR, --pe-dir PE_DIR

  -S SYMBOLS_DIR, --symbols-dir SYMBOLS_DIR

                        Output dir where symbols will be downloaded.

  -v, --verbose         Verbose mode. (default: False)

```

## Example

![](./.github/example.png)

To recursively download the PDBs of all executables in a folder, use:

```

pdbdownload -d . -S .

```

## Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. Feel free to open an issue if you want to add other features.