[TriLUG] Equivalent to Solaris "what" command

[Scott Lambdin]

Hmm - maybe try "apropos SCCS" on linux

from man page on sol9:


NAME
     what - extract SCCS version information from a file


--Scott


On 2/26/08, Brian Henning <Brian.Henning at datadirect.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Gang,
>
> A friend of mine is asking about the "linux equivalent of the what
> command on Solaris."  Apparently, there's a command included with the
> Solaris C compiler called "what", which can extract information from a
> binary file about source code revisions, for example:
>
> $ what libodbc.so
> libodbc.so:
>          qeunix.hpp $Revision:   1.3  $,$Date::   Dec 05 20$
>          ucnvconv.hpp     $Revision: 1.4 $     $Date:: Apr 03 2006$
>          bug.hpp     $Revision: 1.1 $     $Date:: Dec 04 2006$
>          noansi.hpp     $Revision: 1.0 $     $Date:: Oct 07 2005$
>          bos.hpp     $Revision: 1.17 $     $Date:: Jun 27 2007$
>                [...]
>
> This strikes me as a compiler feature.  Googling with the word "what" is
> not a very efficient endeavor, so I thought I would ask here.  Does GCC
> include such a feature, and if so, how is it used?
>
> Many thanks,
> ~Brian
>
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