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Date:	Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:50:51 -0700
From:	Thomas Preisler <Thomas DOT Preisler AT Sun DOT COM>
Subject:	Re: how to get my app to find a dynamic library
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mwoehlke wrote:
> Thomas Preisler wrote:
>> My main app 'main.c' is in one directory and I have a dynamic library 
>> 'cygmylib.dll' in a subdiretory 'tmp'. I can compile and link my main 
>> app fine but having trouble running it. It complaints about not being 
>> able to find the dynamic library. I have tried just about everything 
>> from -L, -Wl,-rpath using relative or absolute paths on the compile 
>> line to setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_RUN_PATH at run time, but to no 
>> avail.
> 
> Seeing as how this is Cygwin, and not Interix or A Real *nix, did you 
> try setting PATH? (PATH="./tmp:$PATH" ./app # this is one line)
> 
Didn't think of that. It works fine. Thanks.

--thoams

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