subopt inTheVicinityOf geemail.com wrote:
> I'm trying to load a dll via ctypes by doing this:
>
> cdll.LoadLibrary('/path/to/mylib.so')
>
> But i'm getting this:
>
> /path/to/mylib.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
> directory What am i doing wrong?
>
> The dll in question is in a directory mounted via NSF, but no part of
> the path/filename is a symlink. When i try code from the docs:
>
> cdll.LoadLibrary('libc.so.6')
>
> ,then all is fine.
>
> I've also tried to set my LD_LIBRARY_PATH before starting Python,
> checking it via os.environ, then doing the cdll.LoadLibrary(...), but
> that fails with the same complaint. What am i doing wrong?
>
I vaguely remember you need execute permissions for a dynamic library to load.
Permissions on an NFS mounted directory are different, especial for user 'root'.
Check if can execute some executable in that NFS path.
Helmut.
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Helmut Jarausch
Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany
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