-qstdinc, -qnostdinc (-nostdinc, -nostdinc++)

Category

Input control

Purpose

Specifies whether the standard include directories are included in the search paths for system and user header files.

When -qstdinc is in effect, the compiler searches the following directories for header files:
  • C only The directory specified in the configuration file for the XL C header files (this is normally /opt/ibm/xlC/13.1.2/include/) or by the -isystem (-qc_stdinc) option
  • C++ only The directory specified in the configuration file for the XL C and C++ header files (this is normally /opt/ibm/xlC/13.1.2/include/) or by the -isystem (-qcpp_stdinc) option
  • The directory specified in the configuration file for the system header files or by the -isystem (-qgcc_c_stdinc or -qgcc_cpp_stdinc) option.
When -nostdinc++ or -nostdinc (-qnostdinc) is in effect, these directories are excluded from the search paths. The only directories to be searched are:
  • directories in which source files containing #include "filename" directives are located
  • directories specified by the -I option
  • directories specified by the -include (-qinclude) option

Syntax

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>>-+- -nostdinc++-+--------------------------------------------><
   '- -nostdinc---'   

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        .-stdinc---.   
>>- -q--+-nostdinc-+-------------------------------------------><

Defaults

-qstdinc

Usage

The search order of header files is described in Directory search sequence for include files.

This option only affects search paths for header files included with a relative name; if a full (absolute) path name is specified, this option has no effect on that path name.

The last valid pragma directive remains in effect until replaced by a subsequent pragma.

Predefined macros

None.

Examples

To compile myprogram.c so that only the directory /tmp/myfiles (in addition to the directory containing myprogram.c) is searched for the file included with the #include "myinc.h" directive, enter:
xlc myprogram.c -nostdinc -I/tmp/myfiles


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