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In-Reply-To: <34D6A37E.29B3C1AE@systemics.com> from Ian Grigg at "Feb 3, 98 04:56:30 am"
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"Ian Grigg sez: "
> Perhaps I'd better throw some questions in:
> 
>    * is "complete" synonymous with absolute?

No.  Complete is synonymous with "add the suffix, and don't expect us to add
.dll or .so or .a"

>    * is this a bug, or a misinterpretation?

The former.

>    * should I be using System.loadLibrary?

Yes.

>    * can I use absolute, relative, or what?

Add "/" to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH if you really want absolute to work.

>    * ...

$$$

Some of this is opinion, and may be open to debate.
Like "if the specified path begins with a `/', why not attempt that first".
And "well, we don't want to encourage absolute paths, as this leads to
inflexibility".