> If I understand Erik's question correctly, he's looking for the dlopen(),
> dlsym(), etc. functions. There may be cases where you want to use a
> shared library without linking the executable to it. I.e., suppose you
> want to offer extra functionality if libreadline is present on the system,
> but you want the program to run even if it isn't.
>
> Maybe I'm wrong; I missed the beginning of the thread.
>
> Jeff
>
He may be. However, he was making a new application. The dl stuff
was put in by Eric Youngdale to emulate what SunOs had done. If
you make a new application, there is no reason to use DLLs.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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