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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index bc7a86dba1d..f5ed95be5d4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.66 2001/05/12 22:51:35 petere Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.67 2001/05/17 17:44:17 petere Exp $ --> <Chapter Id="runtime"> @@ -997,6 +997,49 @@ env PGOPTIONS='-c geqo=off' psql </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term>DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_PATH (<type>string</type>)</term> + <listitem> + <para> + If a dynamically loadable module needs to be opened and the + specified name does not have a directory component (i.e., the + name does not contain a slash), the system will search this + path for the specified file. (The name that is used is the + name specified in the <command>CREATE FUNCTION</command> or + <command>LOAD</command> command.) + </para> + + <para> + The value for dynamic_library_path has to be a colon-separated + list of absolute directory names. If a directory name starts + with the special value <literal>$libdir</literal>, the + compiled-in PostgreSQL library directory, which is where the + modules provided by the PostgreSQL distribution are installed, + is substituted. An example value: + <informalexample> +<programlisting> +dynamic_library_path = '/usr/local/lib:/home/my_project/lib:$libdir:$libdir/contrib' +</programlisting> + </informalexample> + </para> + + <para> + The default value for this parameter is + <literal>$libdir</literal>. If the value is set to the empty + string, the automatic path search is turned off. + </para> + + <para> + This parameter can be changed at run time by superusers, but + note that a setting done that way will only persist till the + end of the client connection, so this method should be + reserved for development purposes. The recommended way to set + this parameter is in the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> + configuration file. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <indexterm> <primary>fsync</primary> </indexterm> |