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diff --git a/doc/dejagnu.texi b/doc/dejagnu.texi index f53291d..9e6c606 100644 --- a/doc/dejagnu.texi +++ b/doc/dejagnu.texi @@ -4257,7 +4257,8 @@ to print string without a trailing newline. Use the optional @node load_lib procedure, , verbose procedure, Core Internal Procedures @subsubsection Load_lib Procedure -Loads a DejaGnu library file by searching a fixed path built +Loads a DejaGnu library file by searching the default fixed paths +built into DejaGnu. If DejaGnu has been installed, it looks in a path starting with the installed library directory. If you are running DejaGnu directly from a source directory, without first running @@ -4279,6 +4280,20 @@ The name of the DejaGnu library file to load. @end table +The global variable @code{libdirs}, handled +as a list, is appended to the default fixed paths built +into DejaGnu. + +@strong{Additional search directories for load_lib} + +@example +# append a non-standard search path + global libdirs + lappend libdirs $srcdir/../../gcc/testsuite/lib + # now loading $srcdir/../../gcc/testsuite/lib/foo.exp works + load_lib foo.exp +@end example + @node Procedures For Remote Communication, connprocs, Core Internal Procedures, Builtin Procedures @subsection Procedures For Remote Communication |