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Asked: 2026-05-11T06:08:58+00:00

We have a quite large (280 binaries) software project under Linux and currently it

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We have a quite large (280 binaries) software project under Linux and currently it has a very dispersed code structure – that means one can’t [work out] what code from the source tree is valid (builds to deployable binaries) and what is deprecated. But the Makefiles are good. We need to calculate C/C++ SLOC for entire project.

Here’s a question – can I find out SLOC GCC has compiled? Or maybe I can gain this information from binary (debug info probably)? Or maybe I can find out what source files was the binary compiled from and use this info to calculate SLOC?

Thanks Bogdan

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  1. The first thing you want is an accurate list of what you actually compiled. You can achieve this by using a wrapper script instead of gcc.

    The second list you want is the list of files that were used for this. For this, consult the dependency list (as you said that was correct). (Seems you’d need make –print-data-base)

    Then, sort and deduplicate the list of files, and throw out system headers. For each remaining file, determine the SLOC count using your prefered tool.

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