This environment variable is usually not set in UNIX. However Oracle executables require a directory list be passed to the runtime linker; thus when setting up the Oracle environment one often has something akin to the following setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ORACLE_HOME/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:$ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib When a user places such a line or a similar one in a .cshrc or a .login file it can cause other programs not to run. The normal procedure of tacking the Oracle required elements onto the end of a path are not effective. Do other sites have this problem. I have thought about employing a wrapper the gist of it would look like #!/bin/sh ORACLE_HOME=/usr/oracle export ORACLE_HOME LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:$ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib export LD_LIBRARY_PATH TWO_TASK=slac_tcp export TWO_TASK tool=`basename $0` exec $ORACLE_HOME/bin/$tool "$@" The file would be called something like orawrapper, and there would be linked files named for each executable. The other method would be to change how Oracle is linked, that is to incliude the -R option and specify the directory search path. The first is more flexible I could specify character sets and such. Am I the only one who has this problem? Ian MacGregor Stanford Linear Accelerator Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: MacGregor, Ian A. INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
