Re: #include file dependancies

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From: Michael Salmon
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 08:29

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In article <1992Jul23.013154.22987@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>, 
ecmtwhk@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Thomas Koenig) writes:
|> ajg@controls.ccd.harris.com (Arnold Goldberg) writes:
|> 
|> >We here have a very large source tree.
|> 
|> >What I'm looking for is a script or utility that will somehow tell
|> >me which #include files are not actually needed for a source file.
|> 
|> Gcc (or rather, gcc's preprocessor) has the -M flag which will generate
|> makefile dependencies for the specified source files; check out the manpage
|> for your C compiler to see wether it also supports it.
|> -- 
|> Thomas Koenig, ecmtwhk@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz, ib09@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
|> The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic
|> diagram.

If I interpret Arnold correctly he wants a program that checks which
include files are used rather than those that are included, there is a
subtle difference.

-- 

Michael Salmon

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