for dir in $pth; do
  case "$osname" in
    os2) try=`ls $dir/$lib.a 2> /dev/null`;;
    *) try=`ls $dir/lib$lib.* 2> /dev/null`;;
  esac
  if test ! -z "$try"; then 
    echo ..."Found lib$lib in $dir";
    eval $lib=$dir;
    break
  fi 
done 
