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Cscope is a text screen based source browsing tool. Although it is
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primarily designed to search C code (including lex and yacc files), it
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can also be used for C++ code.
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Using cscope, you can easily search for where symbols are used and
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defined. Cscope is designed to answer questions like:
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Where is this variable used?
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What is the value of this preprocessor symbol?
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Where is this function in the source files?
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What functions call this function?
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What functions are called by this function?
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Where does the message "out of space" come from?
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Where is this source file in the directory structure?
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What files include this header file?
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It has been released by The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc as Open Source
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under the BSD license. Please look at COPYING for a detailed
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description of the license.
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For instructions on how to build and install cscope, see the file,
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"INSTALL".
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One thing to be pointed out is that this is ancient Unix software
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predating much of today's security concerns. While we do try to
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address safety issues as we learn about them, it must be said that
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this is in no way hardened or secure software. It's designed to be
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used by developers, not administrators or anonymous users.
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Browse to http://cscope.sourceforge.net for more current information
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