On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 01:46:55PM -0400, dutchman_mn at charter.net wrote: > A coworker asked me a question and I could not give a definitive answer. > For a LD_LIBRARY_PATH entry, does Linux search sub-directories > recursively? He is installing a database driver (Progress) on a CentOS > 5.3 and needs to point to some compat libraries. However, they are not > in a single directory but in both a top-level directory such as > /usr/lib/progress but also in /usr/lib/progress/dirA and > /usr/lib/progress/dirB. Would you have to point at all three > directories? Yes, you have to list all directories. Just like with $PATH. Cheers, florin -- Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110404/dcf2782b/attachment.pgp>