[TriLUG] Equivalent to Solaris "what" command

[Matt Pusateri]

ooh, check out the big brain on Brad!

Greg Brown wrote:
> What ain't no country I ever heard of!  They speak English in What?
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Scott Lambdin <lopaki at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> 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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>>> Support Engineer
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>>> ----------------
>>>
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