[Tutor] Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH and equivalents platform-independently

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

Hello,

Is there a builtin function that can set LD_LIBRARY_PATH or equivalents platform-independently? It would be nice use such a function in a setup script. The code below illustrates what I mean, although it's entirely untested.

import sys
import os
def setPath(loc):
    """Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH and equivalents platform-independently"""
    p = {"win": "PATH",
            "lin": "LD_LIBRARY_PATH",
            "solaris": "LD_LIBRARY_PATH",
            "aix": "LIBPATH",
            "darwin":
 "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH",
            "hpux": "SHLIB_PATH"}
    pf = sys.platform()
    sep = ";" if pf.startswith("win") else ":"
    try:
        os.environ[p[pf]] += (sep + loc)
    except KeyError:
        print "Platform %s not supported" % pf


 
Regards,
Albert-Jan


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