SHLIB_PATH

[Waqar Razi]

Can some one please tell me what the SHLIB_PATH
variable is? Why do we use this in .profile of every user?

[Michael Mike Reaser]

Just as the PATH variable provides a list of directories to the shell for the locations of your commands and executables, SHLIB_PATH provides a list of directories to the dynamic loader dld.sl for the locations of all SHared LIBraries needed by any program you run.

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

>Why do we use this in .profile of every user?

Well, you can also use /etc/SHLIB_PATH to define it for all users of one ws, or you enlarge the variable in the script where you start an application who needs particular additional SHLIBs.

HTH
Volkmar

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[Dennis Handly]

>Why do we use this in .profile of every user?

If they all run the same application, they may need it. Volkmar mentioned you can also use /etc/SHLIB_PATH and the following in your .profile:
SHLIB_PATH=$SHLIB_PATH:$(< /etc/SHLIB_PATH)

Or you can centralize them in /etc/profile.