# PDB_NAME

Output name for the MS debug symbol `.pdb` file generated by the linker for an executable or shared library target.

This property specifies the base name for the debug symbols file. If not set, the `OUTPUT_NAME` target property value or logical target name is used by default.

Added in version 4.1: Contents of `PDB_NAME` may use `generator expressions`.

Note

This property does not apply to STATIC library targets because no linker is invoked to produce them so they have no linker-generated `.pdb` file containing debug symbols.

The linker-generated program database files are specified by the `/pdb` linker flag and are not the same as compiler-generated program database files specified by the `/Fd` compiler flag. Use the `COMPILE_PDB_NAME` property to specify the latter.