An utility to download PDB files associated with a Portable Executable (PE).
GitHub release (latest by date)

Features

Download PDB symbols from msdl.microsoft.com.
Process a single or a batch of PortableExecutable (PE) files.

Demonstration

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/095fb528-65a6-488e-bfa0-46101738a451

Usage

$./pdbdownload-linux-amd64 -h
pdbdownload v1.0 - by Remi GASCOU (Podalirius)

Usage: pdbdownload [--debug] [--symbols-dir <string>] [--pe-file <string>] [--pe-dir <string>]

  -d, --debug                Debug mode. (default: false)
  -S, --symbols-dir <string> Output dir where symbols will be downloaded. (default: "./symbols/")

  Source of PE files:
    -f, --pe-file <string> Source PE file to get symbols for. (default: "")
    -d, --pe-dir <string>  Source directory where to get PE files to get symbols for. (default: "")

Building the project

To build the project, use the following Docker command in this directory:

docker run -v $(pwd):/workspace/ podalirius/build-go-project

Or, if you want to build it manually, you can use the following commands:

GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64; mkdir -p "/workspace/bin/linux/${GOOS}/${GOARCH}/" && /usr/local/go/bin/go build -o "/workspace/bin/linux/${GOOS}/${GOARCH}/pdbdownload" -buildvcs=false

Quick start commands

To download all the PDB files associated to every PE file in the specified directory:
```
./pdbdownload-linux-amd64 -d ./pe_files/
```
To download the PDB file associated to a single PE file:
```
./pdbdownload-linux-amd64 -f ./example.exe
```

Contributing

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

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