Techniques for automatically identifying input files used to generate output files in a software build process
US9442717B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 2014 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 25, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3466
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for automatically identifying input files used to generate output files in a software build process are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system can execute one or more build commands for generating output files for a software product, where the software product is associated with a build tree comprising various input files. The computer system can further intercept system calls invoked during the execution of the one or more build commands and can collect information pertaining to at least a portion of the intercepted system calls. The computer system can then create a dependency graph based on the collected information, where the dependency graph identifies a subset of input files in the build tree that are actually used by the one or more build commands to generate the output files.
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