Functions on shared objects

Functions that are processed on shared objects are:

Name	Description
dlopen()1	Open a shared object
dlclose()	Close a shared object
dlsym()1	Get addresses within a shared object
dladdr()1	Get nearest symbol name for a given address in a shared object
dlerror()1	Diagnostic information about a preceding function call processed with error

¹ The functions __dlopen_ascii(), __dlsym_ascii(), __dladdr_ascii(), and __dlerror_ascii() are provided for the call in an ASCII environment.