diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/NM.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/NM.java
index 210959bec73..c49be635805 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/NM.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/NM.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2008 QNX Software Systems and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2009 QNX Software Systems and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -46,10 +46,22 @@ public class NM {
 	private static Pattern undef_pattern = null;
 	private static Pattern normal_pattern = null;
 
-	private List<String> undef_symbols;
-	private List<AddressNamePair> text_symbols;
-	private List<AddressNamePair> bss_symbols;
-	private List<AddressNamePair> data_symbols;
+	/**
+	 * @since 5.1
+	 */
+	protected List<String> undef_symbols;
+	/**
+	 * @since 5.1
+	 */
+	protected List<AddressNamePair> text_symbols;
+	/**
+	 * @since 5.1
+	 */
+	protected List<AddressNamePair> bss_symbols;
+	/**
+	 * @since 5.1
+	 */
+	protected List<AddressNamePair> data_symbols;
 
 	private void parseOutput(InputStream stream) throws IOException {
 
@@ -130,9 +142,10 @@ public class NM {
 		if (params == null || params.length == 0) {
 			args = new String[] {command, "-C", file}; //$NON-NLS-1$
 		} else {
-			args = new String[params.length + 1];
+			args = new String[params.length + 2];
 			args[0] = command;
 			System.arraycopy(params, 0, args, 1, params.length);
+			args[params.length+1] = file;
 		}
 
 		undef_symbols = new ArrayList<String>();