Choosing <> or "" for c++ include

Question

I am working with example code from Stroustrup's book(Programming: Principles and Practice using C++").I have downloaded std_lib_facilities.h from

http://www.stroustrup.com/Programming/std_lib_facilities.h

When I try to compile on Ubuntu 14.04 with gcc,I got this:

d19.cc:1:32: fatal error: std_lib_facilities.h: No such file or directory
 #include <std_lib_facilities.h>

Then I have doublechecked,file is in my directory.

milenko@milenko-HP-Compaq-6830s:~/cplus$ ls -l std_lib_facilities.h 
-rw-r----- 1 milenko milenko 5667 Jul  4 09:35 std_lib_facilities.h

I have changed <> to "" and works fine,but still lingers a question why do we use <iostream> and "std_lib_facilities.h"

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21593/what-is-the-difference-between-include-filename-and-include-filename — Ed Heal, Jul 04 '15 at 07:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '15 at 07:52

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The include path - perhaps change <> to "

answered Jul 04 '15 at 07:52

Ed Heal

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