llvm dev - Sep 2021 - Printing out the file being currently compiled (feature request)

Well environment variables could also be set in the environment, i.e.
system- or user-global

Am Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 04:34:23PM +0200 schrieb Hans Wennborg via
llvm-dev:
>On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 4:19 PM John Emmas via llvm-dev
><llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 28/09/2021 14:22, John Emmas via llvm-dev wrote:
>> > On 28/09/2021 13:56, Hans Wennborg wrote:
>> >> clang-cl has a /showFilenames option which will make it print
the
>> >> filename. Does that work for you?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Ah, that seems to work Hans - many thanks!
>> >
>>
>> A dumb question maybe - but does Clang have some kind of config file
>> that I could add this to?  i.e. a "one time" change, rather
than needing
>> to add it to hundreds of VS projects here?
>
>Clang does have a config file concept, see [1], but I don't think it
>would help here since you would need the --config option to use them.
>
>It's also possible to pass flags via environment variables, but again
>I don't think that would make it easier since you'd still need to
>update the project file.
>
> - Hans
>
>[1] https://clang.llvm.org/docs/UsersManual.html#configuration-files
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On 28/09/2021 15:40, Mara Sophie Grosch via llvm-dev
wrote:
> Well environment variables could also be set in the environment, i.e.
> system- or user-global
>
Thanks Mara - could you give me an example of what I'd need to set?

John