memtab 1.0.0

ELF File Memory Tabulator

Warning

For detailed documentation, please view the documentation web page: https://etn-corp.github.io/memtab/

memtab is a Python-based project that provides both a command line interface (CLI) and a Python library. It is designed to produce both machine and human-readable reports from binary files in the ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) format.

For more information on the ELF file format, please refer to the Wikipedia article on ELF.

Features

• Command Line Interface (CLI)

• Python library

• Generates machine-readable reports

• Generates human-readable reports

Installation

To install memtab, you can use pip:

pip install memtab

You can also install it directly from git if desired:

pip install git+https://github.com/etn-corp/memtab.git

Usage

Command Line Interface

To use the CLI, run:

memtab --elf <path-to-elf-file> --config <path-to-yml-file>

Python Library

To use the Python library:

import memtab

tabulator = Memtab(elf_file, [config])
report = tabulator.tabulate()

print(report)  # this is a pandas dataframe at this point

Developing

This project is managed using uv. For more information, refer to Astral’s page on uv.

Common Commands

• uv sync: Sync your development environment with the project dependencies.

• uv run <command>: Run a command within the project’s virtual environment.

• uv build: generate a pip installable wheel or sdist file in the dist/ directory.

Running Tests

To run tests, use uv with coverage:

uv run coverage run -m pytest

Pre-commit Hooks

We use pre-commit to ensure code quality and consistency. After cloning the project, install the pre-commit hooks by running:

pre-commit install

For more information on pre-commit, visit the pre-commit website.

We also have a GitHub Action that runs pre-commit checks on every push and pull request, so you can rely on that if you prefer not to install pre-commit locally.

Contribution Guidelines

We welcome contributions! Please follow these guidelines:

1. Fork the repository.

2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch).

3. Make your changes.

4. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add new feature').

5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-branch).

6. Create a new Pull Request.

Reporting Issues

If you encounter any issues, please report them on the GitHub Issues page.

Generating Documentation

To generate documentation, use Sphinx:

sphinx-build docs docs/_build/html

Or, if you have poe installed, you can run:

poe docs

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.