uselib

USELIB(2)                  Linux Programmer's Manual                 USELIB(2)



NAME
       uselib - select shared library

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       int uselib(const char *library);

DESCRIPTION
       uselib selects the shared library binary that will be used by the call-
       ing 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)



Linux 0.99.11                     1993-07-24                         USELIB(2)