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user2033484
user2033484

Reputation: 21

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status error

I have three files like the following:

Movie.h

struct Movie{
    char title[30];         // the hour of the current time
    char director[30];          // the minute of the current time
    int length;
} ;

void printMovieInfo(Movie *s);

Movie.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <cmath>

#include "Movie.h"

using namespace std;

void printMovieInfo(Movie *s){

    cout << "Hi";

}

and a file with the main 

#include "Movie.cpp"
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    struct Movie *m;
    printMovieInfo(m);
}

When I run the program, I get the following error:

    collect2 ld returned 1 exit status

and warnings: 

/tmp/ccIe4dlt.o In function `printMovieInfo()':
Movie.cpp (.text+0x0): multiple definition of `printMovieInfo()'
/tmp/cc91xrNB.o HelloWorld.cpp:(.text+0x0): first defined here

I just want to call a function to print "Hi", but I'm not sure why I get this error

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6311

Answers (1)

Mats Petersson
Mats Petersson

Reputation: 129314

Do not use #include "movie.cpp" you want #include "movie.h"!

It is extremely rare the correct thing to include a ".cpp" file - they are compiled as separate units, and then linked together by the linker (here called collect2).

Upvotes: 2

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