What is the correct way to include files
#include "../myDirecoty/myFile.h"
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#include "..\myDirecoty\myFile.h"
the difference is the direction of "/" or "\".
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lital maatuk
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/36k2cdd4(v=vs.80).aspx – reggie Feb 08 '11 at 15:37
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@reggie: That document doesn't event mention the slashes, does it ? – DarkDust Feb 08 '11 at 15:48
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There is no difference, but the first form is more "clear" because sometime people thinks to \ as an escaping character in string (but include path are not strings)
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3There is a difference: the backslash being a path separator on Windows is a perfectly legal character in a UNIX filename (Mac OS X is also a UNIX, BTW). So the later will create a file-not-found error on all systems, except Windows and DOS. – DarkDust Feb 08 '11 at 15:37
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@DarkDust: You are right... I'm too used to work on Windows and most of time I forgot unix :-( – Loghorn Feb 08 '11 at 15:59
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From what I've seen looking through the code on my computer, you should use forward slashes ('/').
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The backslash \ is used on Windows and DOS, while the slash / is used on all UNIX/POSIX compatible systems (like Linux and Mac OS X). So the later can produce a file-not-found error on non-Windows systems. AFAIK all Windows compiler do support the slash /, so this is one to use.
Edit: See also this SO question.
