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6 @c Environment variables affecting the preprocessor
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9 @c If this file is included with the flag ``cppmanual'' set, it is
10 @c formatted for inclusion in the CPP manual; otherwise the main GCC manual.
15 @itemx CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
16 @itemx OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH
17 @c Commented out until ObjC++ is part of GCC:
18 @c @itemx OBJCPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
19 Each variable's value is a list of directories separated by a special
20 character, much like @env{PATH}, in which to look for header files.
21 The special character, @code{PATH_SEPARATOR}, is target-dependent and
22 determined at GCC build time. For Microsoft Windows-based targets it is a
23 semicolon, and for almost all other targets it is a colon.
25 @env{CPATH} specifies a list of directories to be searched as if
26 specified with @option{-I}, but after any paths given with @option{-I}
27 options on the command line. This environment variable is used
28 regardless of which language is being preprocessed.
30 The remaining environment variables apply only when preprocessing the
31 particular language indicated. Each specifies a list of directories
32 to be searched as if specified with @option{-isystem}, but after any
33 paths given with @option{-isystem} options on the command line.
35 In all these variables, an empty element instructs the compiler to
36 search its current working directory. Empty elements can appear at the
37 beginning or end of a path. For instance, if the value of
38 @env{CPATH} is @code{:/special/include}, that has the same
39 effect as @samp{@w{-I. -I/special/include}}.
43 See also @ref{Search Path}.
45 @c man begin ENVIRONMENT
47 @item DEPENDENCIES_OUTPUT
48 @cindex dependencies for make as output
49 If this variable is set, its value specifies how to output
50 dependencies for Make based on the non-system header files processed
51 by the compiler. System header files are ignored in the dependency
54 The value of @env{DEPENDENCIES_OUTPUT} can be just a file name, in
55 which case the Make rules are written to that file, guessing the target
56 name from the source file name. Or the value can have the form
57 @samp{@var{file} @var{target}}, in which case the rules are written to
58 file @var{file} using @var{target} as the target name.
60 In other words, this environment variable is equivalent to combining
61 the options @option{-MM} and @option{-MF}
66 (@pxref{Preprocessor Options}),
68 with an optional @option{-MT} switch too.
70 @item SUNPRO_DEPENDENCIES
71 @cindex dependencies for make as output
72 This variable is the same as @env{DEPENDENCIES_OUTPUT} (see above),
73 except that system header files are not ignored, so it implies
74 @option{-M} rather than @option{-MM}. However, the dependence on the
75 main input file is omitted.
80 @xref{Preprocessor Options}.
83 @item SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
84 If this variable is set, its value specifies a UNIX timestamp to be
85 used in replacement of the current date and time in the @code{__DATE__}
86 and @code{__TIME__} macros, so that the embedded timestamps become
89 The value of @env{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH} must be a UNIX timestamp,
90 defined as the number of seconds (excluding leap seconds) since
91 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 represented in ASCII; identical to the output of
92 @samp{@command{date +%s}} on GNU/Linux and other systems that support the
93 @code{%s} extension in the @code{date} command.
95 The value should be a known timestamp such as the last modification
96 time of the source or package and it should be set by the build