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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 22:01:44 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: edkiser AT my-dejanews DOT com
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Q: Dynamic Linking
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edkiser AT my-dejanews DOT com wrote:
> 
> The Windows API has some DLL functions that I can't find in DXE or DLM
> implementations -- or in Linux. Here are the functions.
> 
>   HANDLE LoadLibrary(char * FileNameOfLibrary);
> 
>   void * GetProcAddress(HANDLE library, char * NameOfFunction);
> 
>   void FreeLibrary(HANDLE library);
> 
> Is there anything like this in DJGPP or Linux? It would be nice!

In Linux, they would be respectively `dlopen', `dlsym', and `dlclose'. 
For DXEs, the first two are done by `_dxe_load' (since a DXE has only
one exported symbol), and the third is impossible.  For DLM, you'll have
to read its docs.
-- 

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com