Reviewing the build trace for your compiler and linker names

Typically, compiler and linker names are mentioned several times in a trace file. You need to identify the name of your root compiler/linker, and not your compiler/linker tool chain.

To locate the compiler name, search for the name of a file that you know is being built (something with a .c or .cpp extension).

In this example, the compiler name is g++:

{
  "id": 5396,
  "parentid": 6024,
  "workdir": "C:\\tutorial\\npp\\PowerEditor\\src",
  "executable": "C:\\Perl64\\site\\bin\\g++.exe",
  "args": [
    "g++",
    "foo.cpp"
  ],

To see a more complete example of a build trace, see Build trace file format.