this is an old DOS version of `what' which i then ported to Linux because
i could not find a version available for it.  it looks for the special
character sequence @(#) (or an alternate string specified by -p) and
gives you the text associated with it.  this is handy for acquiring
information in binaries provided by the programmer.  there is a modified
man page which comes from an old unix version of what.  it's somewhat
old, for up to date usage try `what --help'.  the binary is a static
i386-linux-elf, what is known to compile and work on axp-linux also.

to compile, just use `make', you may want to include some CFLAGS, for
example:

% make CC=gcc CFLAGS='-O3 -m486'

then to install make yourself root with `su' and type `make install'.

i am not actively developing this any more, but if you have improvements
which are worth including i might just make a new version.  you can
contact me at ollisg@wwa.com
