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# symsrv
This crate lets you download and cache pdb files from symbol servers, according to the rules from the `_NT_SYMBOL_PATH` environment variable.
It exposes an async API and uses `reqwest` and `tokio::fs`.
The downloaded symbols are stored and never evicted.
## Microsoft Documentation
- [Advanced SymSrv Use](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/advanced-symsrv-use)
## Example
```rust
use std::path::PathBuf;
use symsrv::{get_symbol_path_from_environment, SymbolCache};
// Parse the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH environment variable.
let symbol_path =
get_symbol_path_from_environment("srv**https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols");
// Create a symbol cache which follows the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH recipe.
let symbol_cache = SymbolCache::new(symbol_path, false);
// Download and cache a PDB file.
let relative_path: PathBuf =
["dcomp.pdb", "648B8DD0780A4E22FA7FA89B84633C231", "dcomp.pdb"].iter().collect();
let file_contents = symbol_cache.get_pdb(&relative_path).await?;
// Use the PDB file contents.
use_pdb_bytes(&file_contents[..]);
```
## License
Licensed under either of
* Apache License, Version 2.0 ([`LICENSE-APACHE`](./LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* MIT license ([`LICENSE-MIT`](./LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.