How to translate-c a system header?

[soft ether]

Let's say I want to translate the curl/curl.h. What are the correct arguments for the CLI command?

[sharp hound]

zig translate-c -lc <source or header file(s)> > file.zig
If necessary add -I<IncludePath> and another libs -lpthreads.

[soft ether]

Does it mean that I must know the exact header location on every system? When I use @cImport("curl/curl.h") it just works with -lcurl but I need to edit the translation. Can I somehow use the same knowledge the @cImport function has about the system?

[sharp hound]

If it's installed on the system, -lc (linklibC()) already detects it on the system.
See zig libc config.

[sharp hound]

You only need to specify the curl inc/lib path if there is a custom path.

[gentle zodiac]

i don't have curl but creating a file like this (named test.h):

#include <stdio.h>

and then running zig translate-c -lc test.h > out.zig worked afaict

[gentle zodiac]

also, if you only have to edit the translation it should be somewhere in .zig-cache/o. so you can just copy it out of there and use that instead of @cImport