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Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 18:22:18 -0400
From: "David A. Cobb" <superbiskit AT home DOT com>
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Subject: Current Directory? [Branch from Re: DLL naming conventions]
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Chris Faylor wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 11:19:25PM +0100, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> >> Since windows-dll
> >> loading is based on the executable path, and not 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' or
> >> similar, you've got a problem.
> >
> >Most definitely.
>
> It is *not* strictly based on the executable path.  It first searches
> the current directory, then searches the directory containing the executable.

With the possibility of several processes active and several partitions, etc.,
just like the big boys; what does "current directory" mean?  I only see it when
defining a PIF for a DOS program.

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David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate
"Don't buy or use crappy software"
"By the grace of God I am a Christian man,
 by my actions a great sinner" -- The Way of a Pilgrim [R. M. French, tr.]



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