10-23-2003
Just a guess, but if you are trying to verify the version of an executable you have supplied then make sure you use some sort of source control for each source file e.g. RCS
Then include an identifier string. For RCS you might use:
static char ident="$Header$";
RCS will replace the $Header$ part with actual information on the source file. When compiled this information will be included to the executable.
With RCS you could then use the ident command to verify the version of the executable.
A serial number/key could be encoded in a similar way for a specific compilation for a client or the version number of the source could be reserved specifically for that compilation for a client.
You might try something a little bit more elaborate. Like reading the value from an encrypted file.
Is this what you mean?
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IDENT(1) General Commands Manual IDENT(1)
NAME
ident - identify RCS keyword strings in files
SYNOPSIS
ident [ -q ] [ -V ] [ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
ident searches for all instances of the pattern $keyword: text $ in the named files or, if no files are named, the standard input.
These patterns are normally inserted automatically by the RCS command co(1), but can also be inserted manually. The option -q suppresses
the warning given if there are no patterns in a file. The option -V prints RCS's version number.
ident works on text files as well as object files and dumps. For example, if the C program in f.c contains
#include <stdio.h>
static char const rcsid[] =
"$Id: f.c,v 5.4 1993/11/09 17:40:15 eggert Exp $";
int main() { return printf("%s
", rcsid) == EOF; }
and f.c is compiled into f.o, then the command
ident f.c f.o
will output
f.c:
$Id: f.c,v 5.4 1993/11/09 17:40:15 eggert Exp $
f.o:
$Id: f.c,v 5.4 1993/11/09 17:40:15 eggert Exp $
If a C program defines a string like rcsid above but does not use it, lint(1) may complain, and some C compilers will optimize away the
string. The most reliable solution is to have the program use the rcsid string, as shown in the example above.
ident finds all instances of the $keyword: text $ pattern, even if keyword is not actually an RCS-supported keyword. This gives you infor-
mation about nonstandard keywords like $XConsortium$.
KEYWORDS
Here is the list of keywords currently maintained by co(1). All times are given in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, sometimes called GMT)
by default, but if the files were checked out with co's -zzone option, times are given with a numeric time zone indication appended.
$Author$
The login name of the user who checked in the revision.
$Date$ The date and time the revision was checked in.
$Header$
A standard header containing the full RCS file name, the revision number, the date and time, the author, the state, and the locker
(if locked).
$Id$ Same as $Header$, except that the RCS file name is without directory components.
$Locker$
The login name of the user who locked the revision (empty if not locked).
$Log$ The log message supplied during checkin. For ident's purposes, this is equivalent to $RCSfile$.
$Name$ The symbolic name used to check out the revision, if any.
$RCSfile$
The RCS file name without directory components.
$Revision$
The revision number assigned to the revision.
$Source$
The full RCS file name.
$State$
The state assigned to the revision with the -s option of rcs(1) or ci(1).
co(1) represents the following characters in keyword values by escape sequences to keep keyword strings well-formed.
char escape sequence
tab
newline
space 40
$ 44
\
IDENTIFICATION
Author: Walter F. Tichy.
Manual Page Revision: 5.8.1; Release Date: 2012-06-06.
Copyright (C) 2010-2012 Thien-Thi Nguyen.
Copyright (C) 1990, 1992, 1993 Paul Eggert.
Copyright (C) 1982, 1988, 1989 Walter F. Tichy.
SEE ALSO
ci(1), co(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsmerge(1), rlog(1), rcsfile(5).
Walter F. Tichy, RCS--A System for Version Control, Software--Practice & Experience 15, 7 (July 1985), 637-654.
GNU RCS 5.8.1 2012-06-06 IDENT(1)