I can't find the stdio.h
file. I am using Linux Mint 18.2 XFCE and gcc-7.2 compiler.
Here is output of find . -type f -name stdio.h
smit@smit-Aspire-5742:/usr/lib/gcc$ find . -type f -name stdio.h
./i686-w64-mingw32/5.3-win32/include/ssp/stdio.h
./i686-w64-mingw32/5.3-win32/include/c++/tr1/stdio.h
./i686-w64-mingw32/5.3-posix/include/ssp/stdio.h
./i686-w64-mingw32/5.3-posix/include/c++/tr1/stdio.h
./x86_64-w64-mingw32/5.3-win32/include/ssp/stdio.h
./x86_64-w64-mingw32/5.3-win32/include/c++/tr1/stdio.h
./x86_64-w64-mingw32/5.3-posix/include/ssp/stdio.h
./x86_64-w64-mingw32/5.3-posix/include/c++/tr1/stdio.h
I don't want the mingw files. It's a cross compiler that I rarely use. I can't find gcc-7.2's stdio.h
file. Am I looking in wrong directory?
You are looking in the wrong location. stdio.h
is not located in /usr/lib/gcc
but in /usr/include
<>
Is basically a shortcut to /usr/include
(or any directory you specify after the -I
compiler flag) in C/C++. So
#include <myheader.h>
would include /usr/include/myheader.h
and
#include <file/otherheader.h>
Would include /usr/include/file/otherheader.h
This means that since you normally include stdio.h
with
#include <stdio.h>
the location would be /usr/include/stdio.h