gcc -- header file not found! >:(

[petrusss]

I'm trying to #include "defines.h" but gcc just complains all the time that the file is not found. =/
I've included other headers in the same file, but "defines.h" just won't work.

This is how I compile with gcc:
gcc -nostartfiles -nostdlib -fno-builtin -fwritable-strings -c source/*.c

[nullify]

Pass the -I<path> switch to gcc to tell it where to find header files in non-standard locations.

[petrusss]

nope, didn't help

[Perica]

..

[Andrejus]

May be your file name is something like a 'define.H' or 'Define.H', gcc is case sensitive

[petrusss]

The filename is correct and the header file is in the same directory as the other files... weird =/

[Curufir]

Shot in the dark .

Did you create the defines.h file on a different OS. Eg Used a text editor on Windows and are compiling on Linux.

[petrusss]

Heh, nope.
I had the same problem with a file named "k_descriptor.h", I removed the underscore and then it worked... but my defines.h doesn't have an underscore to remove =/

[petrusss]

I fixed it! wohooo
I renamed "k_descriptor.h" to "desc.h" and it worked.
GCC is kinda weird I think.

[Curufir]

Fun problem ;D.

Could it be a problem with length of filenames?

k_descriptor.h : Doesn't fit in 8.3 format

defines.h : Does

[Chris Giese]

gcc -nostartfiles -nostdlib -fno-builtin -fwritable-strings -I source -c source/*.c

[Tim]

Are you using DJGPP? It could be having problems with long file names. I'd recommend switching to Cygwin or Mingw.

[petrusss]

Yup, DJGPP (easy to install;))

[Tim]

If you're using Windows, I'd still recommend Cygwin or Mingw. DJGPP is DOS, so Windows has to emulate DOS in order to run it, giving large overheads (and slowing it down). Cygwin and Mingw are native Win32 programs, so they support long file names automatically, and are much faster.

[Solar]

...and giving you lots of other nifty tools in the process. (astyle, grep, gpg, ssh, irc, ...)