> Subject: What is dump_file in gcc ? > > I have ever seen "fprintf(dump_file,"something writes into dump_file") many > times. > I want to know what dump_file is and how can I check its content ?
I'm not 100% sure, but my best guess is that this is related to GCC dumps, e.g. related to passes. You can do -fdump-<type>-<pass> where type can be e.g. rtl and pass the pass for which you want to gather information. I suppose there is more to those dumps, but this should get you started. Sebastian > >
