Utility to analyse C source code

Trojan · 24-11-1999 02:43PM #1

Hi guys.

I'm looking for a utility which does the opposite to the "Rational Rose" tool.

I need to give it a project (couple of C src/hdrs/makefiles) and get it to give me a control flow diagram/design spec or something similar.

(Rational Rose takes a design-spec from you and generates appropriate C/C++ code).

Some background so you see where I'm coming from: the objective to to port an RPC server project from the mainframe to a local POSIX environment.

However, major headaches are caused by the fact that whoever wrote it did neither of (a) create Design Docs, (b) comment their code[1]. This is causing a lot of hassle since the code is quite complex. There's no option to throw it back at them either (boy would I enjoy that).

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks,

Alastair.

1. Do the words "job security" have any relevance here?

kayos · 25-11-1999 02:40PM

If I remember right you should be able to reverse engineer the project to give you what you want. I haven't used Rose but I know most of the UML packages allow reverse engineering.

KaYoS

Utility to analyse C source code

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