NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       uselib - select shared library

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <unistd.h>

       int uselib(const char *library);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

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

RETURN VALUE    [Toc]    [Back]

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

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

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


       ENOEXEC    [Toc]    [Back]
	      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    [Toc]    [Back]

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

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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



Linux 0.99.11			  1993-07-24			     USELIB(2)