Saving Compiler Information in your Executable

If you want to save information about the compiler in your executable, use the -sox (Linux* OS and Mac OS* X) or /Qsox (Windows* OS) option. When you use this option, the following information is saved:

On Linux OS and Mac OS X:

To view the information stored in string format in the object file, use the following command:

strings -a a.out|grep comment:

On Windows OS:

To view the linker directives stored in string format in the object file, use the following command:

link /dump /directives filename.obj

The -?comment linker directive displays the compiler version information.

To search your executable for compiler information, use the following command:

findstr "Compiler" filename.exe

This searches for any strings that have the substring "Compiler" in them.