Where is stddef.h?

[U.V. Ravindra]

Doesn't Linux come with a <stddef.h>?

I am trying to port some code from Solaris to Linux (Alpha,
if that matters), and one of my files tries to include
<stddef.h>, which I can't find on the system.

Does a standard distribution of Linux (whatever that may
mean) include <stddef.h> or not?

Thanks,
Ravindra.

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[Vincenzo Tibullo]

In my RedHat 6.0 it is located in
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include,
and this directory is looked up by the compiler
automatically, so you don't have to put -I/usr/.../include
in your CFLAGS.

The man page for gcc says:

/usr/include standard directory for #include files
LIBDIR/include standard gcc directory for #include files

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[Will Dyke]

"U.V. Ravindra" wrote:
>
> Doesn't Linux come with a <stddef.h>?
>
> I am trying to port some code from Solaris to Linux (Alpha,
> if that matters), and one of my files tries to include
> <stddef.h>, which I can't find on the system.
>
> Does a standard distribution of Linux (whatever that may
> mean) include <stddef.h> or not?

$ locate stddef.h
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/stddef.h
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stddef.h
/usr/src/linux-2.2.12/include/linux/stddef.h
/usr/i386-glibc20-linux/include/linux/stddef.h

So Linux (or at least Redhat 6.1 and almost certainly almost any
other distribution) comes with stddef.h, it's just a matter of
ensuring that your compiler knows where to find it. What compiler
are you using? If it's not gcc, you may experience problems.
If it is, I'd suggest having a look through the gcc info pages
to determine how to ensure that gcc knows where to look.

HTH
Will Dyke

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