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From: I.G.Batten@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Ian G Batten)
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Subject: Re: Easy way to tell if something's compiled with gcc?
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Date: 16 Jul 90 10:14:10 GMT
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murf@oakhill.UUCP (Steve Murphy) writes:
> There is one way to quickly ascertain if gcc was used to compile a binary.
> 
> Try:
> 
> grep gcc_compiled  executable-name

Only with a.out, I believe.  I don't think the default COFF ports put it
in.

ian