Exploring the /etc directory: ld.so files and directories
Some files in Linux are named so cryptically that you have no way of working or even guessing what at they do. There a range of files and maybe directories that start with ld.so in the /etc directory that fall into this category. I intend to explain these files and directories and show how to use them.
The ld.so range of files and directories are connected with the dynamic linker so programs can easily find their dynamically linked libraries. These files and directories are basically just configuration files for the "ldconfigure" program to work on and a binary stored cache file for the "ld.so" runtime linker to read and load the required libraries.
There can be several ld.so files and directories depending on your distribution. The most important is "ld.so.conf" .
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