Explicitly mention the header files path to a gcc or g++ command

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I'm trying to mention the header files path and run a c program using gcc.

My file is myfile.c

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

void main()
{
    int num = NUM1;
    printf("num=%d\n", num);
}

The header file myheader.h is present in /home/name/cTest/foo/myfile.h and its contents is

// myfile.h
#define NUM1 5

I run the command

gcc -I/home/name/cTest/foo myfile.c 
or
gcc -I /home/name/cTest/foo myfile.c 

I get an error

myfile.c:2:22: fatal error: myheader.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

The version of gcc used.

gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3 Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

What could be possibly wrong?

asked 2 mins ago

rohith

75

Explicitly mention the header files path to a gcc or g++ command