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1 .\" Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Daniel Adler <dadler AT uni-goettingen DOT de>,
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16 .Dd $Mdocdate$
17 .Dt dynload 3
18 .Os
19
20 .Sh NAME
21 .Nm dynload
22 .Nd encapsulates dynamic loading mechanisms and
23 gives access to functions in foreign dynamic libraries and code modules.
24 .Sh SYNOPSIS
25 .In dynload.h
26 .Ft DLLib *
27 .Fn dlLoadLibrary "const char * libpath"
28 .Ft void
29 .Fn dlFreeLibrary "DLLib * pLib"
30 .Ft void *
31 .Fn dlFindSymbol "DLLib pLibode" "const char * pSymbolName"
32 .Sh DESCRIPTION
33 The
34 .Nm
35 library provides an interface to load foreign dynamic libraries and access
36 to their symbols.
37 .Pp
38 .Fn dlLoadLibrary
39 loads a dynamic library at
40 .Ar libpath
41 and returns a handle to it for use in
42 .Fn dlFreeLibrary
43 and
44 .Fn dlFindSymbol
45 calls.
46 .Pp
47 .Fn dlFreeLibrary
48 frees the loaded library with handle
49 .Ar pLib .
50 .Pp
51 .Fn dlFindSymbol
52 returns a pointer to a symbol with name
53 .Ar pSymbolName
54 in the library with handle
55 .Ar pLib ,
56 or returns a null pointer if the symbol cannot be found.
57 .Sh SEE ALSO
58 .Xr dyncall 3 ,
59 .Xr dyncallback 3
60 and the dyncall manual (available in PDF format) for a way more detailed documentation of this
61 library.
62 .Sh AUTHORS
63 .An "Daniel Adler" Aq dadler@uni-goettingen.de
64 .An "Tassilo Philipp" Aq tphilipp@potion-studios.com