In article <1993Aug1.032441.20299@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> whitney@christie.Meakins.McGill.CA writes:

   : Does Linux have any support dynamically linked modules 
   : ( also known as DLL's in OS/2, Windows ) ?

   An appropriate followup question : What is the difference
   between a shared library and a dynamic linked library ?

   Dynamic-libraries support getting a pointer to a function
   by name. ie. foo() is a function in a library call MyLib. 

      void (f*)()

      f = GetFunc("MyLib","_foo"); /* load library and get function */
      (f*)(); /* call foo */       

   Can you do this with a shared library ?

Not that *I* know of.  Shared libraries don't have a directory.  On
the other hand, you *could* crack the .s file and create a pointer
into the right place.  Hmmm...  but then I don't know how you'd get
the library loaded.

I'm not a kernel whiz, so take this with a grain of salt.

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