[Proj] value of PROJ_LIB variable

[Frank Warmerdam]

Hamish wrote:
>> A default build on Unix-like systems will define the PROJ_LIB macro to
>> be the default install directory in pj_open_lib.c.  This is often
>> /usr/local/share/proj.
>>
>> You can also use the pj_set_finder() and pj_set_searchpath() functions
>> programatically to override how the files are found.
> 
> 
> Is there a way to figure out what this has been set to after the binary
> is made? e.g. something analogous to gdal-config.

Hamish,

There is currently no way to find out the hardcoded location that
proj will search for support files.

> In GRASS we'd like to auto-locate & parse the EPSG file for quickly
> defining new projects from the startup screen if given a valid code.
> Usually libproj is found in the LD search path so our ./configure
> hasn't been told where to look. Knowing --prefix would be enough I
> think, but PROJ_LIB is the path we want to know.

Understood.  If you would like to file a request for a proj-config, I
will try to add it at some point, but it won't help you for quite a while.

Best regards,
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