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diff --git a/man2/uselib.2 b/man2/uselib.2 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..91c3287f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/man2/uselib.2 @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source. +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1992 Drew Eckhardt (drew@cs.colorado.edu), March 28, 1992 +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +.\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +.\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +.\" permission notice identical to this one. +.\" +.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this +.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no +.\" responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from +.\" the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not +.\" have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, +.\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working +.\" professionally. +.\" +.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by +.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. +.\" +.\" Modified by Michael Haardt <michael@moria.de> +.\" Modified 1993-07-24 by Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu> +.\" Modified 1996-10-22 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> +.\" Modified 2004-06-23 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk16@ext.canterbury.ac.nz> +.\" +.TH USELIB 2 2004-06-23 "Linux 2.6.7" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +uselib \- select shared library +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B #include <unistd.h> +.sp +.BI "int uselib(const char *" library ); +.SH DESCRIPTION +\fBuselib\fP selects the shared library binary that will be used by +the calling process. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +On success, zero is returned. On error, \-1 is returned, and +.I errno +is set appropriately. +.SH ERRORS +In addition to all of the error codes returned by +.BR open (2) +and +.BR mmap (2), +the following may also be returned: + +.TP +.B EACCES +The library specified by +.I library +is not readable, or the caller does not have search permission +for one of the directories in the path prefix. (See also +.BR path_resolution (2).) +.TP +.B ENFILE +The system limit on the total number of open files has been reached. +.TP +.B ENOEXEC +The file specified by +.I library +is not executable, or does not have the correct magic numbers. +.SH "CONFORMING TO" +\fBuselib()\fP is Linux specific, and should not be used in programs +intended to be portable. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR ar (1), +.BR gcc (1), +.BR ld (1), +.BR ldd (1), +.BR mmap (2), +.BR open (2), +.BR capability (7), +.BR ld.so (8) |