Very Computer

Thanks,
Daniel

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If you use /sbin/sh, try this:
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#!/sbin/sh
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/local/lib:/whatever
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
/path-to-cgi-program/program-name
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You might also try this wrapper:
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#!/sbin/sh
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/local/lib:/whatever
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
exec /path-to-cgi-program/program-name
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I don't even think that the export is necessary, but it won't hurt. setenv
only works with csh/tcsh.

However, if this is a perl cgi script and the environment doesn't have
LD_LIBRARY_PATH, you could also try this:

p.138 "Programming Perl" 2nd edition

%ENV
The hash containing your current environment. Setting a value in %ENV
changes the environment for child processes:
$ENV{PATH} = "/bin:/usr/bin"

So try setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH

$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} = "/lib:/usr/local/lib:/whatever"

Quote:> I have a compiled cgi program that needs to have the LD_LIBRARY_PATH set
> in order to run. But the web client doesn't have this environment
> variable set when it runs the cgi. How does one handle this?  I tried
> writing a shell script that had a setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH command
> followed by a call to run the cgi program, but that didn't work.
> Any ideas?

> Thanks,
> Daniel
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Your http server can usually set this variable for you.
If you're using apache or a similar daemon, the SetEnv directive will do.

From the apache doc:

SetEnv directive

Syntax: SetEnv variable value
Context: server config, virtual host
Status: Base
Module: mod_env
Compatibility: SetEnv is only available in Apache 1.1 and later.

Sets an environment variable, which is then passed on to CGI scripts. Example:

    SetEnv SPECIAL_PATH /foo/bin

HTH

jb