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Old 10-27-2004, 06:21 PM   #1
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gcc include


I'm quite new to linux (Gave up on windows), and thus new to linux progamming on a whole, so please bear with me for a minute. I had a programming assignment to do in c. it includes <unistd.h>. It compiles on the school machine, but in mine @ home i get


cphillip1.c:7: error: `pid_t' undeclared (first use in this function)
cphillip1.c:7: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
cphillip1.c:7: error: for each function it appears in.)
cphillip1.c:7: error: parse error before "pid"
cphillip1.c:11: error: `pid' undeclared (first use in this function)
cphillip1.c:15: error: `my_pid' undeclared (first use in this function)
cphillip1.c:29:7: warning: no newline at end of file


I'm guessing that the include path cannot be found. I use gcc to compile. how can I set the class path so that gcc knows where the include is without having to use a command line switch. ?? I'm running SUSE 9.1 Gnome 2.8 / KDE 3.3. Details please (remember I'm new) and please ... be nice.
 
Old 10-27-2004, 07:15 PM   #2
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There are no class paths (or classes at all for that matter) in C. unistd.h should contain the definition for pid_t. Could you post the code?
 
Old 10-28-2004, 10:06 AM   #3
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#include <unistd.h>

main() {

pid_t pid, my_pid; /* variable for process-id */

printf("Calling fork...\n");

pid = fork(); /* create a new process */

if(pid == 0) { /* am I the child process? */

my_pid = getpid();

printf("I'm the child, my pid is %d\n", my_pid);


}

else if(pid > 0) /* or am I the parent? */

printf("I'm the parent, child has pid %d\n", pid);

else /* or did something go wrong */

printf("fork returned error code, no child\n");
}
 
Old 10-28-2004, 10:08 AM   #4
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If there are no paths, then why doesn't gcc see or recognise pid_t ??
 
Old 10-28-2004, 10:45 AM   #5
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You're missing sys/types.h include.

From man fork:
Code:
SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <unistd.h>

       pid_t fork(void);
You're also not including stdio.h for printf().
 
Old 11-01-2004, 07:06 PM   #6
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so then why does it compile on the other machine and not on mine then with the same code ??
 
Old 11-03-2004, 01:36 PM   #7
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That's a good question. Sometimes, when you compile again, you have to make a "touch" to the file you just compiled, i will do some research to see if this helps out. I've seen it done be4 but i am not sure how it works.
 
  


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