This is the file .../info/dir, which contains the topmost node of the Info hierarchy, called (dir)Top. The first time you invoke Info you start off looking at this node.  File: dir, Node: Top This is the top of the INFO tree This (the Directory node) gives a menu of major topics. Typing "q" exits, "?" lists all Info commands, "d" returns here, "h" gives a primer for first-timers, "mEmacs" visits the Emacs manual, etc. In Emacs, you can click mouse button 2 on a menu item or cross reference to select it. * Menu: Individual utilities * addr2line: (binutils)addr2line. Convert addresses to file and line. * ar: (binutils)ar. Create, modify, and extract from archives. * c++filt: (binutils)c++filt. Filter to demangle encoded C++ symbols. * cxxfilt: (binutils)c++filt. MS-DOS name for c++filt. * dlltool: (binutils)dlltool. Create files needed to build and use DLLs. * elfedit: (binutils)elfedit. Update the ELF header of ELF files. * nlmconv: (binutils)nlmconv. Converts object code into an NLM. * nm: (binutils)nm. List symbols from object files. * objcopy: (binutils)objcopy. Copy and translate object files. * objdump: (binutils)objdump. Display information from object files. * ranlib: (binutils)ranlib. Generate index to archive contents. * readelf: (binutils)readelf. Display the contents of ELF format files. * size: (binutils)size. List section sizes and total size. * strings: (binutils)strings. List printable strings from files. * strip: (binutils)strip. Discard symbols. * windmc: (binutils)windmc. Generator for Windows message resources. * windres: (binutils)windres. Manipulate Windows resources. Software development * As: (as). The GNU assembler. * Binutils: (binutils). The GNU binary utilities. * Cpp: (cpp). The GNU C preprocessor. * Gas: (as). The GNU assembler. * Gdb: (gdb). The GNU debugger. * Ld: (ld). The GNU linker. * g++: (gcc). The GNU C++ compiler. * gcc: (gcc). The GNU Compiler Collection. * gcov: (gcc) Gcov. `gcov'--a test coverage program. * gprof: (gprof). Profiling your program's execution