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Hundreds of .h files on mac ????

  • 17-07-2019 10:06PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 139 ✭✭


    I was seaching for a pdf on my mac and the search returned 338 .h files in March alone. More in February. WTF are these?485534.png


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 401 ✭✭irishbuzz


    They're C or C++ header files. You must have some programs installed on the machine using them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,844 ✭✭✭cython


    Swift66 wrote: »
    I was seaching for a pdf on my mac and the search returned 338 .h files in March alone. More in February. WTF are these?485534.png

    .h files are typically source files (specifically header files) from C or C++ and related languages. Not entirely uncommon to find them on *nix OSes (of which Mac OS is one), though I don't know if they are normally there on Mac without having xcode or gcc or similar installed.

    If you know at which paths they reside it might inform better, but the timestamps could stem from an update or something?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭JoyPad


    They are C++ header files. Have you downloaded source code for something? Maybe a Linux kernel?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,034 ✭✭✭cantalach


    JoyPad wrote: »
    They are C++ header files. Have you downloaded source code for something? Maybe a Linux kernel?

    Some of them have an Apple copyright notice so it's not the Linux kernel.


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