Re: Can C #includes like this be made to work onVMS?

On 2024-10-15 2:42 p.m., Brian Schenkenberger wrote:

I want to port a freeware package. It's C code is littered with includes like:
 #include "package_name/include_file.h"
 I've tried the DECC$***_INCLUDE logicals, the CC command quilifier / INCLUDE_DIRECTORY and logicals, rooted and otherwise, defining "package_name". Can't get the C compiler to find include_file.h.
 

$ type test.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "package_name/include_file.h"
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
     printf("this is a test: %s.\n", testresult);
}
$ type [.package_name]include_file.h
#define testresult "test include file"
$ cc test.c
$
$ show log dec*
(LNM$PROCESS_TABLE)
   "DECC$ARGV_PARSE_STYLE" = "ENABLE"
   "DECC$EFS_CASE_PRESERVE" = "ENABLE"
   "DECC$EFS_CHARSET" = "ENABLE"
$ dir [...]
Directory DKA100:[DEVEL.testincl]
package_name.DIR;1  TEST.C;1            TEST.OBJ;1
Total of 3 files.
Directory DKA100:[DEVEL.testincl.package_name]
INCLUDE_FILE.H;1
Total of 1 file.
Grand total of 2 directories, 4 files.