# Generate FLIRT signature file

```
 Action    name: makesig:create_signature
 
```

This command generate a FLIRT signature file. A function is eligible when then name don't start with "sub\_".

```
 File: Pathname for the signature file
 Library name: identifier, shown in the description of Signature

 Collect functions
  - All: Generate signature for all functions in the idb that are eligible
  - Selected: Generate a signature only for the selection in Functions

 Collisions
  - Ignore: don't add collision FLIRT signature
            will delete the Exclusion file if it exists
  - Deal with manually: if there is collisions, a window will open to manage
                        the collisions
```

Two or three files are generated:

```
 - Signature file: The output file
 - Pattern file:   Filename is Signature filename with extension replaced
                   with "pat"
 - Exclusion File: Filename with extension replaced by "exc"
                   Only present if you want to deal with collision and there
                   is any.
```

The last two files can be deleted once the signature file is generated.