<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:p="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" xmlns:a="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" xmlns:b="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:c="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" xmlns:oa="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:q="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:x2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:ois="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:dir="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dsp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:udc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sps="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:udcxf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"
xmlns:ns1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages"
xmlns:ns2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types"
xmlns:ns3="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
xmlns:ns4="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"
xmlns:ns5="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:ns6="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/">

<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style>
<![endif]--><o:SmartTagType
 namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--a:link
        {mso-style-priority:99;}
span.MSOHYPERLINK
        {mso-style-priority:99;}
a:visited
        {mso-style-priority:99;}
span.MSOHYPERLINKFOLLOWED
        {mso-style-priority:99;}
p
        {mso-style-priority:99;}

 /* Font Definitions */
 @font-face
        {font-family:Wingdings;
        panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Tahoma;
        panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Calibri;}
 /* Style Definitions */
 p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
        {margin:0in;
        margin-bottom:.0001pt;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
        {color:blue;
        text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
        {color:purple;
        text-decoration:underline;}
p
        {mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
        margin-right:0in;
        mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
        margin-left:0in;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman";}
span.EmailStyle19
        {mso-style-type:personal;
        font-family:Calibri;
        color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle20
        {mso-style-type:personal-reply;
        font-family:Arial;
        color:navy;}
@page Section1
        {size:8.5in 11.0in;
        margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.Section1
        {page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
 <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
 <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
  <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
 </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>

<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>

<div class=Section1>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Same source for the refined question:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Unix-like systems&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Most <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like"
title=Unix-like>Unix-like</a> systems have a &quot;search path&quot; specifying
file system <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_%28file_systems%29"
title="Directory (file systems)">directories</a> in which to look for dynamic
libraries. On some systems, the default path is specified in a <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Configuration_file"
title="Configuration file">configuration file</a>; in others, it is hard coded
into the dynamic loader. Some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable"
title=Executable>executable file</a> formats can specify additional directories
in which to search for libraries for a particular program. This can usually be
overridden with an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable"
title="Environment variable">environment variable</a>, although it is disabled
for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setuid" title=Setuid>setuid</a> and
setgid programs, so that a user can't force such a program to run arbitrary
code. Developers of libraries are encouraged to place their dynamic libraries
in places in the default search path. On the downside, this can make
installation of new libraries problematic, and these &quot;known&quot; locations
quickly become home to an increasing number of library files, making management
more complex.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<div>

<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>

<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1>

</span></font></div>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dino Viehland<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 05, 2007
4:40 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Discussion
 of IronPython</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [IronPython] Anyone
know what DLLs is called on Unix?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

</div>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Sorry, maybe I wasn&#8217;t clear &#8211; I know they&#8217;re .so
files but is that also the name of the directory where the extensino modules
are stored relative to the Python installation?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b>
users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>James Matthews<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 05, 2007
3:37 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Discussion
 of IronPython</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [IronPython] Anyone
know what DLLs is called on Unix?<o:p></o:p></p>

</div>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>.SO<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 11/6/07, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Dino
Viehland</span></b> &lt;<a href="mailto:dinov@exchange.microsoft.com">dinov@exchange.microsoft.com</a>&gt;
wrote:</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>

<div>

<div>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Seo
proposed this feature a while ago:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=3730"
target="_blank">http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=3730
</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>and I'm
(finally) adding it and wondering what (if anything) we should do if the
platform is Unix. &nbsp;&nbsp;Unfortunately I don't have a Unix box handy but
I'm just guessing it's not called DLLs there </span></font><font
face=Wingdings><span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font>.<o:p></o:p></p>

</div>

</div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Users mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Users@lists.ironpython.com">Users@lists.ironpython.com</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com"
target="_blank">http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

</div>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><br>
<br clear=all>
<br>
-- <br>
<a href="http://www.goldwatches.com/">http://www.goldwatches.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.jewelerslounge.com">http://www.jewelerslounge.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

</div>

</body>

</html>