Export function lists (with parameters) from lots of C files

Question

Dear all: I have an old VC 6.0 project with lots of C files. I need to document all the methods with their signatures, for example, listed them in a txt file like:

LoadTranCde(LKFD lkfd, char * msg, char * code)

MoveBack(LPT lStm, int numRows)

RTrim(Char * paraString)
....

The function list can be easily viewed in Visual Studio class view like:

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But I need to find a way to export this list, anybody has good solution?

Thank you guys very much !

Answer 1

Have you tried doxygen yet? It may be overkill for what you're doing, but it's a great, automated way of parsing out function signatures, comments, type definitions, etc. from source code. It can do much more if you put in the time to structure code comments in a particular way, but right out of the box it should be able to give you the output you're looking for. You may need to do some post-processing of the text in order to strip away anything unnecessary that doxygen produces.