How do I determine the target architecture of static library (.a) on Mac OS X?

Question

I\'m interested in verifying if a given iPhone static library has been built for ARM or Intel.

It\'s more curiosity than anything. Is there some kind of Mac OS X o

Answer 1

As mentioned earlier, file does not always work. otool -hv -arch all is probably the closest thing that is guaranteed to work - it gives architecture information for every single object file in the library.

Example:

% otool -hv /sw/lib/libfftw3.a
Archive : /sw/lib/libfftw3.a
/sw/lib/libfftw3.a(align.o):
Mach header
      magic cputype cpusubtype  caps    filetype ncmds sizeofcmds      flags
MH_MAGIC_64  X86_64        ALL  0x00      OBJECT     3        336 SUBSECTIONS_VIA_SYMBOLS
/sw/lib/libfftw3.a(alloc.o):
Mach header
      magic cputype cpusubtype  caps    filetype ncmds sizeofcmds      flags
MH_MAGIC_64  X86_64        ALL  0x00      OBJECT     3        416 SUBSECTIONS_VIA_SYMBOLS
...