How do executables on Linux know where to get data files?

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Published on 2010-03-15T01:48:37Z Indexed on 2010/03/15 1:59 UTC
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Programs on Linux install data for programs into $PREFIX/share/programname, how does the program know where that is, does it need to be compiled in?

Would it be suitable to assume that the binary is in $PREFIX/bin, and use that to determine $PREFIX?

This only needs to work on Linux, and specifically, I am using C.

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