ctypes CDLL - which paths are searched?

[Helmut Jarausch]

Thomas Heller wrote:
> Helmut Jarausch schrieb:
>> Hi,
>>
>> how can I specify the paths to be searched for a dynamic library
>> to be loaded by ctypes' CDLL class on a Linux system.
>>
>> Do I have to set os.environment['LD_LIBRARY_PATH'] ?
>>
> 
> ctypes passes the argument given to CDLL(path) straight to
> the dlopen(3) call, so your system documentation should tell you.
> 

Thanks,

but then it's difficult to use CDLL. Setting
os.environ['LD_LIBRARY_PATH'] within the script which
calls CDLL is too late.
What other methods are possible rather than put an explicit
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=...
before running the script, if I don't want to put the dynamic
library into a standard system library.

Many thanks,
Helmut.



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Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany