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1 /* dlfcn.h -- User functions for run-time dynamic loading.
2 Copyright (C) 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
7 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
8 License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Library General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
17 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
18 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
20 #ifndef _DLFCN_H
21 #define _DLFCN_H 1
24 /* Type of the second argument to `dlopen'. */
25 typedef enum
27 RTLD_LAZY = 1, /* Lazy function call binding. */
28 RTLD_NOW = 2 /* Immediate function call binding. */
29 } dl_open_mode;
31 /* Open the shared object FILE and map it in; return a handle that can be
32 passed to `dlsym' to get symbol values from it. */
33 extern void *dlopen (const char *__file, dl_open_mode);
35 /* Unmap and close a shared object opened by `dlopen'.
36 The handle cannot be used again after calling `dlclose'. */
37 extern int dlclose (void *__handle);
39 /* Find the run-time address in the shared object HANDLE refers to
40 of the symbol called NAME. */
41 extern void *dlsym (void *__handle, const char *__name);
43 /* When any of the above functions fails, call this function
44 to return a string describing the error. Each call resets
45 the error string so that a following call returns null. */
46 extern char *dlerror (void);
49 #endif /* dlfcn.h */