Re: How to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Am 28.05.2010 um 09:45 schrieb newbie01 perl:

> Can someone advise how to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH from within the Perl scripts?

> But if I do the following instead in the Perl script, it does not work? How
> to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH then?
> 
> $ENV{ORACLE_HOME}=$ORACLE_HOME;
> $ENV{ORACLE_SID}=$ORACLE_SID;
> $ENV{PATH}="$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH";
> $ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}="$ORACLE_HOME/lib";

Try putting the %ENV adjustment in a BEGIN block that executes before you load the Oracle driver.

> FYI, the script is to run from a cron which is why am setting
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the script.


You could do one of two things instead of tweaking %ENV in your Perl script:

(1) In your crontab, set the variables in the cronline:

* * * ... BLA=eins BLUB=zwei /usr/local/bin/script.pl

(2) Call a shell script from the crontab that sets up the environment for your Perl script and then calls it.

I'd go for (2).

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