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1 perry 1 ld.so
2 !!!ld.so
3 NAME
4 DESCRIPTION
5 ENVIRONMENT
6 FILES
7 SEE ALSO
8 BUGS
9 AUTHORS
10 ----
11 !!NAME
12
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14 ld.so/ld-linux.so - dynamic linker/loader
15 !!DESCRIPTION
16
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18 __ld.so__ loads the shared libraries needed by a program,
19 prepares the program to run, and then runs it. Unless
20 explicitly specified via the __-static__ option to
21 __ld__ during compilation, all Linux programs are
22 incomplete and require further linking at run
23 time.
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26 The necessary shared libraries needed by the program are
27 searched for in the following order
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33 Using the environment variable __LD_LIBRARY_PATH__
34 (__LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH__ for a.out programs). Except if
35 the executable is a setuid/setgid binary, in which case it
36 is ignored.
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42 From the cache file __/etc/ld.so.cache__ which contains a
43 compiled list of candidate libraries previously found in the
44 augmented library path.
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50 In the default path __/usr/lib__, and then
51 __/lib__.
52 !!ENVIRONMENT
53
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55 __LD_LIBRARY_PATH__
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58 A colon-separated list of directories in which to search for
59 ELF libraries at execution-time. Similar to the __PATH__
60 environment variable.
61
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63 __LD_PRELOAD__
64
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66 A whitespace-separated list of additional, user-specified,
67 ELF shared libraries to be loaded before all others. This
68 can be used to selectively override functions in other
69 shared libraries. For setuid/setgid ELF binaries, only
70 libraries in the standard search directories that are also
71 setgid will be loaded.
72
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74 __LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS__
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77 If present, causes the program to list its dynamic library
78 dependencies, as if run by ldd, instead of running
79 normally.
80
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82 __LD_BIND_NOW__
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85 If present, causes the dynamic linker to resolve all symbols
86 at program startup instead of when they are first
87 referenced.
88
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90 __LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH__
91
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93 A colon-separated list of directories in which to search for
94 a.out libraries at execution-time. Similar to the
95 __PATH__ environment variable.
96
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98 __LD_AOUT_PRELOAD__
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101 The name of an additional, user-specified, a.out shared
102 library to be loaded after all others. This can be used to
103 selectively override functions in other shared
104 libraries.
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107 __LD_NOWARN__
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110 Suppress warnings about a.out libraries with incompatible
111 minor version numbers.
112
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114 __LD_KEEPDIR__
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117 Don't ignore the directory in the names of a.out libraries
118 to be loaded. Use of this option is strongly
119 discouraged.
120 !!FILES
121
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123 __/lib/ld.so__ a.out dynamic linker/loader
124
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126 __/lib/ld-linux.so.*__
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129 ELF dynamic linker/loader
130
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132 __/etc/ld.so.cache__
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135 File containing a compiled list of directories in which to
136 search for libraries and an ordered list of candidate
137 libraries.
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140 __/etc/ld.so.preload__
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143 File containing a whitespace separated list of ELF shared
144 libraries to be loaded before the program. libraries and an
145 ordered list of candidate libraries.
146
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148 __lib*.so*__ shared libraries
149 !!SEE ALSO
150
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152 ldd(1), ldconfig(8).
153 !!BUGS
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156 Currently __ld.so__ has no means of unloading and
157 searching for compatible or newer version of
158 libraries.
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161 __ld.so__ functionality is only available for executables
162 compiled using libc version 4.4.3 or greater.
163 !!AUTHORS
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2 perry 166 David Engel, Eric Youngdale, Peter !MacDonald, Hongjiu Lu,
1 perry 167 Linus Torvalds, Lars Wirzenius and Mitch D'Souza (not
168 necessarily in that order).
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