On 26 January 2011 08:19, Sebastian Huber wrote: > Hello, > > the experimental part of the GCC C++ compiler provides the <atomic> and > <stdatomic.h> header files and implementation which may be part of a future C++ > and C standard. As far as I understand the <stdatomic.h> is provided for C > programs? If I include <stdatomic.h> in a C source file and try to compile it > with the GCC C compiler I get this: fatal error: stdatomic.h: No such file or > directory. Do I need some magic options to let the GCC C compiler find this > header file, e.g. -I /ugly/path/to/include/c++? Yes, it's installed as part of libstdc++, which means it's only found using the search paths of the C++ compiler. To find it with the C compiler you need to specify the path (or link to it or copy it elsewhere)