From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Header files
Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:19:32 -0400
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aalfonso wrote:
> 
> One of the examples in the book I'm reading on C++  demonstrates a class
> declaration written as a header file and then included in a .cc file that
> implements it. The program compiled successfully once I copied the header
> file into the INCLUDE directory of DJGPP-I guess this is where the compiler
> automatically looks for header files. Would this be the usual and correct
> way to compile a program with your own header file or is there another way?
> Are there command line switches that will direct the compiler to other
> directories?

You should never put your own header files into the DJGPP include
directory!  To include a user header file, simply use "" around the name
instead of <>, which will tell the compiler to look in the current
directory for the file.  Example:

#include <iostream.h>
#include "myheader.h"

If your C++ book doesn't tell you this, burn it and get a new one.

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