Temporary header file '/tmp/kwZ8r2C_yr/dump1.h' with the following content will be compiled to create GCC translation unit dump: // add defines #define __STDC_VERSION__ 201710L #define _GXX_NULLPTR_T #define CLUTTER_ENABLE_COMPOSITOR_API 1 #define _REGEX_NELTS(n) #define _Atomic #define PACKED // add includes #include "/usr/include/X11/SM/SM.h" #include "/usr/include/X11/SM/SMlib.h" #include "/usr/include/X11/SM/SMproto.h" The GCC parameters: gcc -fdump-lang-raw -fkeep-inline-functions -c -x c++ -fpermissive -w "/tmp/kwZ8r2C_yr/dump1.h"