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44 .Nd programmatic interface to the dynamic linker
46 This function is not in a library.
47 It is included in every dynamically linked program automatically.
51 .Fn dlopen "const char *name" "int mode"
53 .Fn fdlopen "int fd" "int mode"
55 .Fn dlclose "void *handle"
57 .Fn dlinfo "void *handle" "int request" "void *p"
59 .Fn dladdr "const void *addr" "Dl_info *info"
61 .Fn dlsym "void *handle" "const char *name"
63 .Fn dlfunc "void *handle" "const char *name"
65 .Fn dlvsym "void *handle" "const char *name" "const char *version"
70 .Fn dl_iterate_phdr "int (*callback)(struct dl_phdr_info *, size_t, void *)" "void * data"
72 These functions provide an interface to the run-time linker
74 They allow new shared objects to be loaded into the process' address space
75 under program control.
84 .Xr dl_iterate_phdr 3 ,
93 functions first appeared in SunOS 4.