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<span id="module:CheckIncludeFile"></span><h1>CheckIncludeFile<a class="headerlink" href="#checkincludefile" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>Provides a macro to check if a header file can be included in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">C</span></code>.</p>
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<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#command:check_include_file" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE(</span><span class="nv">&lt;include&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;variable&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nv">&lt;flags&gt;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="nf">)</span><span class="w"></span>
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<p>Check if the given <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;include&gt;</span></code> file may be included in a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">C</span></code>
source file and store the result in an internal cache entry named
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;variable&gt;</span></code>. The optional third argument may be used to add
compilation flags to the check (or use <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS</span></code> below).</p>
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<p>The following variables may be set before calling this macro to modify
the way the check is run:</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS</span></code></dt><dd><p>string of compile command line flags.</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS</span></code></dt><dd><p>a <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-language.7.html#cmake-language-lists"><span class="std std-ref">;-list</span></a> of macros to define (-DFOO=bar).</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES</span></code></dt><dd><p>a <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-language.7.html#cmake-language-lists"><span class="std std-ref">;-list</span></a> of header search paths to pass to
the compiler.</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_LINK_OPTIONS</span></code></dt><dd><div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.14: </span>a <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-language.7.html#cmake-language-lists"><span class="std std-ref">;-list</span></a> of options to add to the link command.</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES</span></code></dt><dd><p>a <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-language.7.html#cmake-language-lists"><span class="std std-ref">;-list</span></a> of libraries to add to the link
command. See policy <span class="target" id="index-0-policy:CMP0075"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../policy/CMP0075.html#policy:CMP0075" title="CMP0075"><code class="xref cmake cmake-policy docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMP0075</span></code></a>.</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET</span></code></dt><dd><div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.1: </span>execute quietly without messages.</p>
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<p>See the <span class="target" id="index-0-module:CheckIncludeFiles"></span><a class="reference internal" href="CheckIncludeFiles.html#module:CheckIncludeFiles" title="CheckIncludeFiles"><code class="xref cmake cmake-module docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CheckIncludeFiles</span></code></a> module to check for multiple headers
at once. See the <span class="target" id="index-0-module:CheckIncludeFileCXX"></span><a class="reference internal" href="CheckIncludeFileCXX.html#module:CheckIncludeFileCXX" title="CheckIncludeFileCXX"><code class="xref cmake cmake-module docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CheckIncludeFileCXX</span></code></a> module to check for headers
using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CXX</span></code> language.</p>
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