RE: Implicit linking of local .so

[Mads Bondo Dydensborg <madsdyd@challenge.dk>]

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Jan Ekholm wrote:

> Such as:
> 
> #! /bin/sh
> 
> # add directory to library search path
> if [ -z "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ] ; then
>     LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/directory/where/lib/is/"
> else
>     LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/directory/where/lib/is/:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
> fi
> 
> # this should be unnecessary, don't have time to read the man-page 
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

This assumes bash, doesnt it?

A shorter way would then be to do

LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/directory/where/lib/is/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" /path/to/my/game

Mads

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