How does GCC look for includes?
Ivan Martinez
ex08@kalman.iau.dtu.dk
Mon May 8 01:01:00 GMT 2000
llewelly@dbritsch.dsl.xmission.com wrote:
>
> On Sun, 7 May 2000, Ivan Martinez wrote:
>
> > Hello all. Could you tell me how GCC looks for default include files?.
> > Does it always look in "/usr/include" or the directories are specified
> > in any configuration file?. When it looks in a directory, it doesn't
> > necessarily looks in its subdirectories, does it?. Many thanks.
> >
>
> If you add '-v' to your command line, gcc will display the directories
> searched for include files, in the order they are searched in.
>
> For flags that affect where gcc searches for include files, see
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc_2.html#SEC11
Many thanks for your persistent help. I mean, if I just type "gcc
myfile.c", without any "-I", does "gcc" look for include files
anywhere?. In case it does, what tells gcc where to look?. Thanks again.
--
Ivan Martinez (Rodriguez)
BEng in Software Engineering - MEng student
http://www.student.dtu.dk/~u990873
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