Outputs makefile dependency information.
When you compile the following code, hello.c,
#include <cstdio>
using std::printf;
int main () {
printf ("Hello World!\n");
}
with this option:
demo% CC -xM hello.c
the output shows the dependencies:
hello.o : hello.c hello.o : /opt/SUNWspro/SC5.0/include/CC/cstdio hello.o : /usr/include/sys/va_list.h
make(1) (for details about makefiles and dependencies)