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Header Files
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   A header file is a file containing C declarations and macro
definitions (Note: Macros.) to be shared between several source
files.  You request the use of a header file in your program with the C
preprocessing directive `#include'.

Header Uses

What header files are used for.

Include Syntax

How to write `#include' directives.

Include Operation

What `#include' does.

Once-Only

Preventing multiple inclusion of one header file.

Inheritance

Including one header file in another header file.