Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 15:19:16 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Marc Tardif <intmktg@CAM.ORG> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: finding source to functions Message-ID: <20000929151915.O27736@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10009291637130.17580-100000@Gloria.CAM.ORG>; from intmktg@CAM.ORG on Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 04:39:59PM -0400 References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10009291637130.17580-100000@Gloria.CAM.ORG>
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* Marc Tardif <intmktg@CAM.ORG> [000929 13:37] wrote: > How can I find the source to specific functions in /usr/src/sys? I tried > running ctags (find /usr/src/sys/ -type f -print | xargs ctags -w), but it > dumps core because it can't accept so many args. I then tried creating a > tags file for each subdirectory like so: > for i in /usr/src/sys/ > do > if test -d $i > then > cd $i > find ./ -type f -print | xargs ctags -w > cd .. > fi > done > > But that didn't work either. Any suggestions to make browsing the source > code easier? Sorta lame but: cd /usr/src/sys grep ^function */* works for me. of course there's a bunch of stuff in ports/textproc and devel that may also help. cscope and glimpse are nice. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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