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how to backtrace a shared library file (.so)

I have a shared library file (.so) and I need to know some information
1. By which GCC version was this .so built?
2. Was this .so built in 32 bits mode or 64 bits mode

Any command / tools to backtrace such kind of information?

Thanks in advance!

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1) not sure how you determine that

2) use the file command to determine bit width

file yourlib.so

you should be able to use the GNU debugger - gdb to get backtrace data

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For recent versions of GCC, this should work

Code:

strings - yourlib.so | grep GCC

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