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15 .Dt PUPDATE_SYMS 3PROC
19 .Nd update cached symbol tables
26 .Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
31 function is used to update all of the cached symbol tables in the
34 updating, invalidating, and caching new symbol tables as appropriate for
36 .Xr Psymbol_iter 3PROC .
37 This is generally called in response to activity by the run-time
41 library takes care of managing the need to call this function;
42 however, debuggers, introspection tools, and others that are
43 interposing on rtld activity may need to call this function.
46 function is only meaningful for active processes.
47 It will do nothing on process handles that refer to core files, zombie
48 processes, and ELF objects.
49 .Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
58 .Xr Pupdate_maps 3PROC