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+================================
+Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
+================================
+
+.. contents::
+ :local:
+
+Driver
+======
+
+I run ``clang -cc1 ...`` and get weird errors about missing headers
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Given this source file:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ #include <stdio.h>
+
+ int main() {
+ printf("Hello world\n");
+ }
+
+
+If you run:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ clang -cc1 hello.c
+ hello.c:1:10: fatal error: 'stdio.h' file not found
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ ^
+ 1 error generated.
+
+``clang -cc1`` is the frontend, ``clang`` is the :doc:`driver
+<DriverInternals>`. The driver invokes the frontend with options appropriate
+for your system. To see these options, run:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ clang -### -c hello.c
+
+Some clang command line options are driver-only options, some are frontend-only
+options. Frontend-only options are intended to be used only by clang developers.
+Users should not run ``clang -cc1`` directly, because ``-cc1`` options are not
+guaranteed to be stable.
+
+If you want to use a frontend-only option ("a ``-cc1`` option"), for example
+``-ast-dump``, then you need to take the ``clang -cc1`` line generated by the
+driver and add the option you need. Alternatively, you can run
+``clang -Xclang <option> ...`` to force the driver pass ``<option>`` to
+``clang -cc1``.
+
+I get errors about some headers being missing (``stddef.h``, ``stdarg.h``)
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Some header files (``stddef.h``, ``stdarg.h``, and others) are shipped with
+Clang --- these are called builtin includes. Clang searches for them in a
+directory relative to the location of the ``clang`` binary. If you moved the
+``clang`` binary, you need to move the builtin headers, too.
+
+More information can be found in the :ref:`libtooling_builtin_includes`
+section.
+
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