How to show the name of header files and src files that are included in C/C++ shared library

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For a C/C++ shared library (.so file), how to check all the names of headers and sources that are included in it?

I tried compile the shared library with -g option, and use readelf -Wl, but I can only get something like:

Elf file type is DYN (Shared object file)

Entry point 0x560

There are 7 program headers, starting at offset 64

Program Headers: Type Offset VirtAddr PhysAddr FileSiz MemSiz Flg Align

LOAD 0x000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x000754 0x000754 R E 0x200000

LOAD 0x000e70 0x0000000000200e70 0x0000000000200e70 0x0001b0 0x0001b8 RW 0x200000

DYNAMIC 0x000e88 0x0000000000200e88 0x0000000000200e88 0x000150 0x000150 RW 0x8

NOTE 0x0001c8 0x00000000000001c8 0x00000000000001c8 0x000024 0x000024 R 0x4

GNU_EH_FRAME 0x0006a8 0x00000000000006a8 0x00000000000006a8 0x000024 0x000024 R 0x4

GNU_STACK 0x000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x000000 0x000000 RW 0x10

GNU_RELRO 0x000e70 0x0000000000200e70 0x0000000000200e70 0x000190 0x000190 R 0x1

Section to Segment mapping:

Segment Sections... 00 .note.gnu.build-id .gnu.hash .dynsym .dynstr .rela.dyn .init .plt .plt.got .text .fini .eh_frame_hdr .eh_frame

01 .init_array .fini_array .jcr .dynamic .got .got.plt .data .bss

02 .dynamic

03 .note.gnu.build-id

04 .eh_frame_hdr

05

06 .init_array .fini_array .jcr .dynamic .got

try -s option from readelf, that would give you some idea on what files could be included.. — Prabhakar Lad
– Prabhakar Lad, Commented Dec 1, 2016 at 16:35
There is no language C/C++. And libraries are binaries, they are neither C nor C++. They neither include headers (which are source code files, too) nor other sources. It is not clear what you want to accomplish. — too honest for this site
– too honest for this site, Commented Dec 1, 2016 at 16:48

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:30:32Z

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Your .so won't necessarily even have any of this information unless it was explicitly compiled with "-G".

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edited May 23, 2017 at 12:30

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