Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!ginosko!uunet!auspex!guy From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: questions on dynamic linking on SunOS Message-ID: <2458@auspex.auspex.com> Date: 16 Sep 89 19:27:22 GMT References: <3301@scolex.sco.COM> Reply-To: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara Lines: 8 >This wouldn't work because you wouldn't be able to write to the shared >library that your program includes, because it's currently loaded >in memory (sort of like "Text file busy"). Wanna bet? You *can* write to a SunOS shared library that's mapped into memory - I know, I've done it, although not deliberately. (Hint: don't assume the SunOS shared library mechanism is derived from the S5R3 one - it's not. The S5R4 one is derived from the SunOS one, though....)