which target outputs a file

[Erik Smith]

Is there a way in GN to determine which target generates an output file?  This would be the opposite of gn outputs. 

[David Turner]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 3:39 PM Erik Smith <cruise...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is there a way in GN to determine which target generates an output file?  This would be the opposite of gn outputs. 

You can use `gn refs` for this by specifying the path of the output directory relative to the source root, for example if your build directory is out/Default (as with Chromium), then:

gn refs out/Default //out/Default/path/to/output/file

Would give you labels for targets that reference this (either as inputs or outputs though, there is no way to distinguish them as far as I know).

 

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[Erik Smith]

Ah it's clear now re-reading the gn refs doc, thanks.