Re: TSystem::Load doesn't process LD_LIBRARY_PATH (IRIX)

Pasha Murat (murat@cdfsga.fnal.gov)
Sun, 28 Sep 1997 18:03:54 GMT

Fons Rademakers writes:
> Hi Pasha,
>
> you can set the library search path for your root app in your
> .rootrc file:
>
> Unix.*.Root.DynamicPath: .:~/rootlibs:$ROOTSYS/lib
>
> I could add the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to it, but LD_LIBRARY_PATH is
> not portable. AIX uses LIBPATH and HP-UX uses SHLIB_PATH.
>
> I think with Root.DynamicPath you have more specific control.
> However, if you really insist I can add LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> to the Root.DynamicPath string.

Hi Fons,

what's wrong the example below then(I defined Unix*.Root.DynamicPath to include
LD_LIBRARY_PATH, however still am not able to load the library)?

Thanks, Pasha
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CINT/ROOT C/C++ Interpreter version 5.13.24, Aug 24 1997
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root [0] gSystem->Getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH")
(char* 0x7ffeef61)"/cdf/upgrade/root/v0_00/lib:/spool2/gnu/tcl/v8_0a2/lib:/spool2/gnu/tk/v8_0a2/lib:/spool2/gnu/python/Python-1.4/lib/python1.4/sharedmodules:/cdf/upgrade/tracking/murat/g3/test/lib/IRIX6/shared"
root [1] gEnv->Print()
Unix.*.Root.MacroPath: : .:~/root_macros:$ROOTSYS/macros:$ROOTSYS/tutorials [User]
Unix*.Root.DynamicPath: : .:~/rootlibs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH [User]
Root.Html.OutputDir: : /cdf/upgrade/tracking/murat/g3/test/linalg/Root/html [User]
Root.Html.SourceDir: : .:$ROOTSYS/source [User]
root [2] gSystem->Exec("ls -l /cdf/upgrade/tracking/murat/g3/test/lib/IRIX6/shared")
total 5653
-rw-r--r-- 1 murat cdfupg_d 144068 Sep 28 10:48 ACppcmodule.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 murat cdfupg_d 259860 Sep 28 10:57 cotcmodule.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 murat cdfupg_d 790872 Sep 28 11:42 libevd_s.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 murat cdfupg_d 1157276 Sep 21 21:31 liblinalg.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 murat cdfupg_d 222884 Sep 28 10:48 tryboscmodule.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 murat cdfupg_d 317832 Sep 28 10:48 yboscmodule.so
(Int_t)0
root [3] gSystem->Load("liblinalg.so")
(int)1
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