In the command that I executed:
/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs -c -I/usr/local/mysql/include -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lm mod_auth_mysql.c
in the line: -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql
the last word ../lib/mysql, is mysql refering to a file, executable file, or a directory?
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