[Proj] Re: value of PROJ_LIB variable

Erich Sadlowski erich.sadlowski at gmx.de
Mon May 8 21:32:41 PDT 2006


Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam <at> pobox.com> writes:


> 
> I am not aware of anywhere in PROJ.4 that sets this enviroment variable. But
> PROJ.4 does have a few methods of finding the support files beside this
> environment variable.
> 
> 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.
> 


Hello Frank,

Thanks for your answer!

Yes, in the meantime I found out, that the variable is set in the (generated)
Makefile and transfered to the library via the "-D" define flag.

Now I use your suggested pj_set_searchpath() and it works fine.

Again: Thanks a lot!

Best regards
   Erich





More information about the Proj mailing list