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2 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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11 I run ``clang -cc1 ...`` and get weird errors about missing headers
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14 Given this source file:
21 printf("Hello world\n");
27 .. code-block:: console
30 hello.c:1:10: fatal error: 'stdio.h' file not found
35 ``clang -cc1`` is the frontend, ``clang`` is the :doc:`driver
36 <DriverInternals>`. The driver invokes the frontend with options appropriate
37 for your system. To see these options, run:
39 .. code-block:: console
41 $ clang -### -c hello.c
43 Some clang command line options are driver-only options, some are frontend-only
44 options. Frontend-only options are intended to be used only by clang developers.
45 Users should not run ``clang -cc1`` directly, because ``-cc1`` options are not
46 guaranteed to be stable.
48 If you want to use a frontend-only option ("a ``-cc1`` option"), for example
49 ``-ast-dump``, then you need to take the ``clang -cc1`` line generated by the
50 driver and add the option you need. Alternatively, you can run
51 ``clang -Xclang <option> ...`` to force the driver pass ``<option>`` to
54 I get errors about some headers being missing (``stddef.h``, ``stdarg.h``)
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57 Some header files (``stddef.h``, ``stdarg.h``, and others) are shipped with
58 Clang --- these are called builtin includes. Clang searches for them in a
59 directory relative to the location of the ``clang`` binary. If you moved the
60 ``clang`` binary, you need to move the builtin headers, too.
62 More information can be found in the :ref:`libtooling_builtin_includes`