Thread: header files

can anyone let me know if i need to compile a header file that i have written myself

I've split this from your previous question since it was off-topic bump.

You don't compile header files as such, you include them in other source files (which are then compiled).

func.h - tells other source files what goodies exist in func.c
func.c - contains all the details

main.c would have

Code:

#include "func.h"

Finally, to build everything, you would do

Code:

gcc main.c func.c