I often find myself needing this:
Say you have a test.c file; it includes other files, say:
#include <stdio.h>
#include "mylib.h"
#include "../mylib_extra.h"
#include "../mylib_bonus.h"
...
... then, say, "mylib.h" in the same directory, loads also something else:
#include <special.h>
#include "/path/to/calculator.h"
#include "testing/tester.h"
...
... etc. Now, some of these statements refer to system directories, which one must know beforehand - but in principle, I guess it would be possible to write a tool, which given a pattern of the "include" statement, could recursively open all files referred to in the initial file, look for the same statements there, open files further - until it draws a tree map. Items it couldn't open without a knowledge of the path, would be marked.
I would imagine a tool like that working like this (where files found/opened are marked with a (*), and no markings otherwise)
$ ./getincludetree test.c
test.c
- <stdio.h>
- "mylib.h" (*)
-- <special.h>
-- "/path/to/calculator.h" (*)
--- ...
-- "testing/tester.h" (*)
--- ...
- "../mylib_extra.h" (*)
-- ...
- "../mylib_bonus.h" (*)
-- ...
Even better, if you could specify a pattern for the include statement, then instead of #include "...", one could use, say \input{...} and use the same tool for finding the include structure of a Latex document, as well.
Is there anything like that out there?
Many thanks in advance for any answers,
Cheers!
