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USELIB(2)           Linux Programmer's Manual           USELIB(2)

NAME
       uselib - select shared library

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       int uselib(const char *library);

DESCRIPTION
       uselib selects the shared library binary that will be used
       by this processes.

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

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

       ENOEXEC
              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
       uselib() is Linux specific, and should not be used in pro-
       grams intended to be portable.

SEE ALSO
       open(2), mmap(2), ldd(1), gcc(1), ar(1), ld(1)

Linux 0.99.11              24 July 1993                         1

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