# Saving Compiler Information in Your Executable

## On Linux*

To view the information stored in the object file, use the following command:

    objdump -sj comment a.out
    strings -a a.out | grep comment:

## On Windows*

To view the linker directives stored in string format in the object file, use the following command:

    link /dump /directives filename.obj

In the output, the ?-comment linker directive displays the compiler version information. To search your executable for compiler information, use the following command:

    findstr "Compiler" filename.exe

This searches for any strings that have the substring "Compiler" in them.
Parent topic: Compilation