isCOBOL Evolve : Introduction : The Basics : isCOBOL and Java : The Library Path
The Library Path
In order for the JVM to find shared libraries and shared objects, they must be located in a directory contained in the library path.
The JVM looks for the library path by inquiring a system dependent environment variable. The below table shows the most common ones:
Operating System
Library file extension
Environment Variable
AIX
*.so
LIBPATH
HP-UX Itanium
*.so
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
HP-UX PA-RISC
*.sl
SHLIB_PATH
Linux
*.so
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Mac OS X
*.jnlib
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
SCO
*.so
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Solaris
*.so
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Windows
*.dll
PATH