dlfcn.h(0P) POSIX Programmer's Manual dlfcn.h(0P)PROLOG
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NAMEdlfcn.h — dynamic linking
SYNOPSIS
#include <dlfcn.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <dlfcn.h> header shall define at least the following symbolic con‐
stants for use in the construction of a dlopen() mode argument:
RTLD_LAZY Relocations are performed at an implementation-defined
time.
RTLD_NOW Relocations are performed when the object is loaded.
RTLD_GLOBAL All symbols are available for relocation processing of
other modules.
RTLD_LOCAL All symbols are not made available for relocation pro‐
cessing by other modules.
The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as
macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.
int dlclose(void *);
char *dlerror(void);
void *dlopen(const char *, int);
void *dlsym(void *restrict, const char *restrict);
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1‐2008, dlclose(), dlerror(),
dlopen(), dlsym()COPYRIGHT
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