# 6.7.44 SHOW PLUGIN PATH

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### Syntax

**SHOW** **PLUGIN PATH**\
[_post_processing_option_]\
[_output_redirecting_option_]

### Description

Show (i.e. get) the path where plugins (in the form of shared libraries) are searched for and dynamically loaded by HDFql/HDF5 library.

### Parameter(s)

_post_processing_option_ – optional option that transforms the result set according to the programmer’s needs, such as ordering or truncating (please refer to the section [PROCESSING](6-2-processing.md) for additional information).

_output_redirecting_option_ – optional option that specifies the cursor in use, an HDF5 object (i.e. dataset or attribute), a (text, binary, or Excel) file, or memory (i.e. user-defined variable) to write the result set into (please refer to the subsection [INTO](6-3-2-into.md) for additional information). If not specified, the cursor in use is populated with the result set instead (please refer to the chapter [CURSOR](4-cursor.md) for additional information).

### Return

The path where plugins (in the form of shared libraries) are searched for and dynamically loaded by HDFql/HDF5 library as an [HDFQL_VARCHAR](5-1-constants.md#hdfql_varchar).

### Example(s)

```hdfql
# set path where plugins (in the form of shared libraries) are searched for and dynamically loaded by HDFql/HDF5 library to "/home/dummy" and "/usr/lib"
SET PLUGIN PATH /home/dummy, /usr/lib

# show (i.e. get) path where plugins (in the form of shared libraries) are searched for and dynamically loaded by HDFql/HDF5 library (should return "/home/dummy" and "/usr/lib")
SHOW PLUGIN PATH 

# set path where plugins (in the form of shared libraries) are searched for and dynamically loaded by HDFql/HDF5 library to the default value
SET PLUGIN PATH DEFAULT 

# show (i.e. get) path where plugins (in the form of shared libraries) are searched for and dynamically loaded by HDFql/HDF5 library (should return "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%/hdf5/lib/plugin" (on Windows) or "/usr/local/hdf5/lib/plugin" (on Linux/macOS), as well as ".")
SHOW PLUGIN PATH
```