Developer Guide and Reference

ID 767253
Date 10/31/2024
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Document Table of Contents

Save Compiler Information in Your Executable

Linux

To view the information stored in the object file, use the objdump command. For example:

objdump -sj comment a.out
strings -a a.out | grep comment:

Windows

To view the linker directives stored in string format in the object file, use the link command. For example:

link /dump /directives filename.obj

In the output, the ?-comment linker directive displays the compiler version information. To search your executable for compiler information, use the findstr command. For example, to search for any strings that contain the substring "Compiler":

findstr "Compiler" filename.exe