Path To Header File In C

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If the path to my header file is

c:\FB\Header\pcap.h

Do I write it as following?

#include "..\\C\\FB\Header\\pcap.h"

This is in windows.

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Posted 12-Apr-11 14:43pm

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Updated 12-Apr-11 15:13pm

HimanshuJoshi

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HimanshuJoshi 12-Apr-11 21:14pm

Edited to correct pre tag.

Albert Holguin 13-Apr-11 0:08am

oh, by the way... the ".." portion means one directory up or "." one directory down... so you can use that accordingly

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Albert Holguin · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-12T17:46:00

Solution 2

SA is correct, use relative locations...

#include "..\\lib\\winpcap\\pcap.h"

Or, include the directory (specify relatively as well) as one of default header/library locations in your ide and you can simply do:

#include <pcap.h>

This will let you move the project from one computer to another without having issues. Great if you're developing with a team.

Posted 12-Apr-11 17:46pm

Albert Holguin

Updated 12-Apr-11 17:49pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Apr-11 23:58pm

This is different story, my 5.
--SA

Albert Holguin 13-Apr-11 0:00am

thanks :)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Apr-11 0:00am

By the way, am I right that the format "./lib/windcap/pcap.h" will work?
It would make the path name more supportable, which is much better...
--SA

Albert Holguin 13-Apr-11 0:03am

yeah, i NEVER specify exact (static) paths, i have to work with a team, so doing so is just shooting yourself (or team) in the foot.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Apr-11 0:09am

:-)

Albert Holguin 13-Apr-11 0:25am

by the way, check out the following link, has to do with MS products not looking for pre-compiled header in a similar fashion, probably developed by two separate MS teams that obviously didn't cooperate:
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/180150/Including-stdafx-h-in-a-non-default-location.aspx

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Apr-11 0:34am

What to say? This is boring. I cannot stop wondering how it's possible, to have in XXI century such archaic techniques as includes and a linker based on matching symbols by name, which entailed mangled name and other brain-damage stuff. By the moment C++ was created, all modern modularity models were already invented...
--SA

Albert Holguin 13-Apr-11 0:36am

lol