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Re: header file question
george anzinger <george@mvista.com> writes:
> Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>>
>> george anzinger <george@mvista.com> writes:
>>
>> > Is there a handy reference somewhere on just where the header files come
>> > from or, rather, end up?
>>
>> > For example where does the time/time.h header file end up in the
>> > /usr/include/ ? What is the order of selection when there are several
>>
>> In /usr/include/time.h, time/bits/time.h ends in bits/time.h etc.
>>
>> > possibilities?
>>
>> What do you mean with several possibilities? There's only one place
>> where it will go - and you really should read the documentation and
>> understand the sysdeps directory work. Check also config-sysdirs from
>
> Uh, gosh I would like to read the documentation, but just what
> documentation are you refering to?
glibc comes with a 700+ pages manual. Every distribution should
install it and make it usable. The pages I refer to can be accessed
for example with:
$ info libc "Maintenance"
>
> By several possibilities, I mean of the several .../bits/time.h which
> one is used on a given system, but the documentation will cover all this
> right?
Yes.
Andreas
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