Include Files

Several important header files are needed to compile and link with SmartSockets. These files are normally included in C/C++ code with the #include C/C++ preprocessor directive. The SmartSockets header files are in these directories:

UNIX:

$RTHOME/include/$RTARCH/rtworks

OpenVMS:

RTHOME:[INCLUDE.RTWORKS]

Windows:

%RTHOME%\include\rtworks

Header files should be included with the angle-bracket syntax. For example, when using C, this inclusion line is used:

#include <rtworks/ipc.h>

Use of the angle-bracket syntax is preferred over double-quotes, such as:

#include "ipc.h"  
#include "pathname/ipc.h"

On UNIX, using angle brackets requires using an argument to the C++ command:

$ CC -I$RTHOME/include/$RTARCH ...

On OpenVMS, the logical RTWORKS directory is RTHOME:[INCLUDE.RTWORKS] so that DEC C++ uses that directory for <rtworks/ipc.h>.

On Windows, add the SmartSockets include directory %RTHOME%\include\rtworks to the list of Visual C++ Developer Studio project include directories. There are several example Visual C++ makefiles in %RTHOME%\examples\smrtsock\manual that you can use as a starting point for your application executables.