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Re: xref info
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, marcpawl at home dot com
- Subject: Re: xref info
- From: Mike Stump <mrs at windriver dot com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:35:44 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Marc Pawlowsky" <marcpawl@home.com>
> To: <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 18:54:11 -0500
> I could not find anything documenteing the --xref flag and its
> output data format? Does anybody know if anything is currently
> existing?
Nope. If someone wanted to document it, maybe it would be better to
xml it and invent a slightly more intuitive format.
> I was thinking of extending it to include preprocessor information.
Seems reasonable.
> Does anybody know why the generated file starts with a "." to make
> it hidden on unix?
They are generated with a leading dot to make them hidden on unix.
Doh! But I bet you already figured that out. The idea is a `tool'
would use these files, not the user.