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 -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org