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Red Hat Documentation: man pages: man2: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)

Manpage of USELIB

USELIB

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 24 July 2025
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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 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 programs intended to be portable.  

SEE ALSO


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO

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Time: 11:56:08 GMT, March 24, 2025

 

 
 
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