Ernesto wrote: > The .dll file is a shared library file that is associated with a > programming interface for a semi-conductor chip. The chip drivers come > in two different flavors: One is a .dll (for Windows) and the other is > a shared library file for Linux. The name of the Linux file is > "nameofFile.so.0.4.5" The company that makes these drivers (FTDI) says > that the API's for both OS's are practically the same (except you > obviously cannot use WIN32 functions when running on Linux). I wish I > knew more about Linux drivers... >
on linux, usually *all* library files are stored in dedicated directories like /lib /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib you can then acces the lib just by 'nameofFile'. example: if you have '/usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3.4' installed, you only need to tell the compiler to use the library 'qt-mt'. You can create a seperate lib directory for your project, but you probably need to set some environment variables for that. I believe pyrex is your friend when dealing with C libraries in python. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list