which files are included in .so

Hi,

Is there any way to find out which all files are included in a .so files. I want only listing nothing else.

For example
If xyz.so is created with a.c, b.c, a.h then if I have only xyz.so it should tell me that a.c, b.c, a.h are the files.



bashish

I seriously doubt (I don't want to say no for sure) that's possible if it is built without debug info.

Latem

Not from existing .so files.

But in your own files you can add a macro to every file that submits __FILE__ to a std::set< std::string > and have a method in your .so to list them out. (Beware that neither std::set nor std::string are portable though. There are ways around that though).

There is no way but one indirect way to do so. If you are working with gcc on unix/solaris then you can use ldd command on .so files to list out all the libraries it is using.
There is one more command "nm -AC <.so filename>". This will give you a list of object files included in .so. Also it will give you all symbols present in .so and the name of object file the symbol has been included from.

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Originally Posted by NMTop40

Not from existing .so files.

But in your own files you can add a macro to every file that submits __FILE__ to a std::set< std::string > and have a method in your .so to list them out. (Beware that neither std::set nor std::string are portable though. There are ways around that though).

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what is this __FILE__?? can u please explain in more detail?

__FILE__ is a pre-processor macro which expands to the file name.