Re: [Cscope-devel] Ref : cscope.out database

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, thamil wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Will anyone tell  me the structure of cscope.out database and how to
> search it for symbol information ?

Why should we? :-)

Seriously: if you want to search it, you run cscope in non-interactive
mode to do the query. E.g.:

	cscope -L3 myfunc

to find all places where 'myfunc()' is called. The format of cscope.out
does not seem to be 'officially' documented at all, so you shouldn't trust
on any other application to be able to understand it. 

The structure of cscope.out is most easily glanced in 'cscope -c' mode
(i.e. without compression). Loading that in your preferred editor or
pager, you'll be able to deduce most of its structure just by staring
at it for a while.

-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.