USELIB (2)

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h> int uselib(const char * library );

DESCRIPTION

uselib selects the shared library binary that will be used by the calling process.

RETURN VALUE

On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

In addition to all of the error codes returned by open (2) and mmap (2), the following may also be returned:

ENOEXEC

The file specified by library is not executable, or does not have the correct magic numbers.

EACCES

The library specified by library is not readable.

CONFORMING TO

uselib() is Linux specific, and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.

SEE ALSO

- ar (1) - - gcc (1) - - ld (1) - - ldd (1) - - mmap (2) - - open (2) - ld so(8)