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Finding dylib version using dlopen

Is there a way to find the version of a dylib using its path? I am looking for something that …

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Returning a shared library symbol table

For instance: void* sdl_library = dlopen("libSDL.so", RTLD_LAZY); void* initializer = dlsym(sdl_library,"SDL_Init"); Assuming no errors, …

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How to correctly assign a pointer returned by dlsym into a variable of function pointer type?

I am trying to use dlopen() and dlsym() in my code and compile it with gcc. Here is the first …

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C++: dlclose doesn't unload the shared library

I have a shared library loaded using dlopen (with the flags RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL ). If this library is using …

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dynamic_cast fails when used with dlopen/dlsym

Intro Let me apologise upfront for the long question. It is as short as I could make it, which is, …

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dlopen and global variables in C/C++

Due to some restrictions I am being forced to load a library written in C at runtime. A third party …

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