topic SHLIB_PATH in profile file in Operating System - HP-UX

SHLIB_PATH in profile file

hemantbs11 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:27:37 GMT

Hi,
I have SHLIB_PATH exported a number of times in a single .profile file
Should the latest export of SHLIB overwrite the older paths exported.

Ex: .profile
--> export SHLIB_PATH=$SHLIB_PATH:/usr/local/apache2/lib
--> export SHLIB_PATH=$SHLIB_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib
--> export SHLIB_PATH=/opt/java1.4/jre/lib/PA_RISC/classic

what would be SHLIB_PATH exported after .profile is executed in this case.

Re: SHLIB_PATH in profile file

Dennis Handly — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:34:17 GMT

The first two append to the end. The last one completely replaces the other two.

Re: SHLIB_PATH in profile file

hemantbs11 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:43:07 GMT

Thank you Dennis.

This means SHLIB_PATH will be set to '/opt/java1.4/jre/lib/PA_RISC/classic'
at the end of .profile execution.
Any previously set paths will be overwritten by such export?

Re: SHLIB_PATH in profile file

Dennis Handly — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:57:58 GMT

>Any previously set paths will be overwritten by such export?

Exactly. Actually ALL exports override any previous ones. It is only that if the RHS includes the previous values that you can append.