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Re: #include file dependancies

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From: Arnold Goldberg
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:25
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>>>>> On Thu, 23 Jul 1992 08:29:22 GMT, etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon) said:
Michael> |> ajg@controls.ccd.harris.com (Arnold Goldberg) writes:
Michael> |> 
Michael> |> >We here have a very large source tree.
Michael> |> 
Michael> |> >What I'm looking for is a script or utility that will somehow tell
Michael> |> >me which #include files are not actually needed for a source file.
ichael> |> 
Michael> |> Gcc (or rather, gcc's preprocessor) has the -M flag which will generate
Michael> |> makefile dependencies for the specified source files; check out the manpage
Michael> |> for your C compiler to see wether it also supports it.
Michael> If I interpret Arnold correctly he wants a program that checks which
Michael> include files are used rather than those that are included, there is a
Michael> subtle difference.

Right!  The difference while it may be subtle is quite substancial..

Well, I still don't have any working solutions.

C'mon people don't let me down here.  I know some of you have to be worried
about this also

I'll post a summary if there is enough interest.

A slightly disappointed,
arnold

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From: ajg@controls.ccd.harris.com (Arnold Goldberg)
Subject: Re: #include file dependancies
In-Reply-To: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se's message of Thu, 23 Jul 1992 08:29:22 GMT
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