1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/encoding/gob/dump.go b/src/encoding/gob/dump.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17238c98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/encoding/gob/dump.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build ignore
+
+package main
+
+// Need to compile package gob with debug.go to build this program.
+// See comments in debug.go for how to do this.
+
+import (
+	"encoding/gob"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	var err error
+	file := os.Stdin
+	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
+		file, err = os.Open(os.Args[1])
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "dump: %s\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+	gob.Debug(file)
+}