How to let source code know where the header file is?

ArthurHuang · 06-13-2006, 11:35 AM

Suppose I write a header file: head.h
and in the source code head.c, I want to write like:

#include "head.h"

How to configure the system to let head.c know where head.h is?
(They are in different dictionary)

dmail · 06-13-2006, 11:46 AM

It all depends on where the directory is.
something like:
#include "../include/headerfile.h"

ArthurHuang · 06-13-2006, 11:58 AM

It works but it's not a standard way.
Once you have many source files or move the header files to another path, you must change everywhere.
It is not convenient.

dmail · 06-13-2006, 12:01 PM

"It is not convenient." sorry.
My post assumes that the directory structure is predefined and will not change, so that when the source is supplied to a user the structure is the same.

makefile.am

Quote:

# not a GNU package. You can remove this line, if
# have all needed files, that a GNU package needs
AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign 1.4

SUBDIRS = src
INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/include/