Duplicated header files in ubuntu?

[StOoZ]

I wonder , any reason why do I have duplication of dirent.h ?

/usr/include/dirent.h
/usr/include/bits/dirent.h
/usr/include/linux/dirent.h
/usr/include/tcl8.4/tcl-private/compat/dirent.h
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19/include/linux/dirent.h
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic/include/linux/dirent.h

[slavik]

some might be links, others might be including different dirent.h files.

keep in mind that /usr/include/tcl8.4 is for tcl headers, not C.

[StOoZ]

I see , so basically if I want to use it in a C++ program , I will use

/usr/include/dirent.h ?

[slavik]

yes ... #include <cdirent> (or w/e the C++ way for including C system headers is).

[StOoZ]

Right. I hate the design of these C library files... :(

[slavik]

what exactly do you dislike about them?

[StOoZ]

they are not C++ user friendly :)