On 22 Feb, 13:09, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote:
> Bill Hart wrote:
> > I don't understand the syntax here:
>
> > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/gcc-4.4.1-sun-linker/lib:=/usr/local/
> > gcc-4.4.1-sun-linker/lib/sparcv9:/usr/local/lib
>
> > Why is there an extra := in the middle of that?
>
> A typo. Fortunately one which had not caused any harm, but I will correct 
> that.

Thanks.

>
> > Also, why the extra dot at the start of:
>
> >     . /usr/local/gcc-4.4.1-sun-linker/gcc441sun
>
> > Won't that try to look in the current directory for a usr directory?
>
> No, it sources the file. It is more portable than writing
>
> source /usr/local/gcc-4.4.1-sun-linker/gcc441sun
>
> though you can write that if you wish.

Ah, I didn't realise that. Thanks.

>
> > Bill.
>
> Dave

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