Changing pdbpath in binary file header information

Question

Is there a way to change path to pdb file in binary file from full path to relative? 

I mean both for managed libraries and unmanaged.

If i do dumpbin /headers on my library file i get:

        Time Type       Size      RVA  Pointer
    -------- ------ -------- -------- --------
    4AE9A239 cv           4F 0001A9A8    197A8    Format: RSDS, {7B0C89D0-69E1-4A12-817C-424F209FAB10}, 1, D:\Projects\My Application\workspace\bin\Win32_x86\Release\MyLib.pd
b

Instead of "D:\Projects\My Application\workspace\bin\Win32_x86\Release\MyLib.pdb" I would like to have something like "bin\Win32_x86\Release\MyLib.pdb" or just "MyLib.pdb"

Thanks

Answer 1

Hello Alex,

I'm not sure why you need to change it to relative path. If we have to give those files to our customers, for managed libraries, the .pdb file contains only source file names and their lines as well as the lacal variable names, hence, it is safe to give them to customers. For the native libraries, there are more information contained (for more information, please refer to this article.) However, we could change the information with the Symbol APIs.

Best regards,

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Answer 2

Thanks for reply, 

"Symbol APIs" link that you provided is for pdb editing, but I was talking about changing the path to MyLib.pdb inside header information of MyLib.dll.

Our company doesn't provide symbols to our customers so pdb file containment is not the problem.

Main reason for changing the path in MyLib.dll header information is keeping files provided to customers tidy. Information which is stored in MyLib.dll about the location of pdb file is totally useless since I do nightly builds and store pdb files in symbol store. 

Answer 3

can you leverage binplace tool
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791464.aspx

Answer 4

There is a linker parameter for C projects "/pdbpath:none" which does what i was searching for. But this solves the problem only for unmanaged libraries. Can't find similar solution for c# projects.