<< dlmake

Dynamic link

dlsym >>

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dlopen

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Loads an dynamic library.

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Syntax

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lib = dlopen(libraryname)

Input argument

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libraryname

a string: dynamic library name.

Output argument

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lib

a dllib handle.

Description

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dlopen loads an dynamic library.

dlopen returns a dllib handle with Path property.

get, ismethod, isprop, disp, delete, isvalid, used, eq, ne, isequal, horzcat, vertcat are overloaded for dllib type.

library is searched first in NELSON_LIBRARY_PATH and after in PATH on windows or LD_LIBRARY_PATH or DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH on linux or Macos.

NELSON_LIBRARY_PATH can modified with setenv.

Example

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path_1 = modulepath('dynamic_link', 'builtin');
lib1 = dlopen(path_1)
isvalid(lib1)
dlclose(lib1)
isvalid(lib1)
clear lib1

See also

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dlclose, dllibisloaded.

History

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Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

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Allan CORNET