find-foreign-library
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Name

find-foreign-library — Finds a foreign library file. Function

Syntax

	  find-foreign-library names directories & drive-letters types => path

Arguments and Values

names

A string or list of strings containing the base name of the library file.

directories

A string or list of strings containing the directory the library file.

drive-letters

A string or list of strings containing the drive letters for the library file.

types

A string or list of strings containing the file type of the library file. Default is NIL. If NIL, will use a default type based on the currently running implementation.

path

A path containing the path found, or NIL if the library file was not found.

Description

Finds a foreign library by searching through a number of possible locations. Returns the path of the first found file.

Examples

(find-foreign-library '("libmysqlclient" "libmysql")
    '("/opt/mysql/lib/mysql/" "/usr/local/lib/" "/usr/lib/" "/mysql/lib/opt/")
    :types '("so" "dll")
    :drive-letters '("C" "D" "E"))
=> #P"D:\\mysql\\lib\\opt\\libmysql.dll"

Side Effects

None.

Affected by

None.

Exceptional Situations

None.

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