So in the last entry, I described the differences between PATH and LIBPATH, but I didn't really explain how LIBPATH is actually used. I'm going to rectify that in this entry. First, though, we need to take a detour and learn how programs get loaded.

I see this kind of tip suggested a lot when dealing with PASE issues:

export PATH=/my/path/bin:/other/path/bin:$PATH
export LIBPATH=/my/path/bin:/other/path/bin:$LIBPATH

This misguided suggestion bugs me to no end, so today I'm here to educate and clear up confusion over LIBPATH.

First post here. More to come later. Happy X-mas to you all!