Re: Q: What exaclty is this shared library?

From: Mladen Gogala <mgogala_at_adelphia.net>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 23:32:41 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2003.05.10.23.32.41.4107@adelphia.net>

On Fri, 09 May 2003 10:06:45 -0500, Vince Laurent wrote:

> We have a shared library called dboraslib.sl on our HPUX11i system
> (Oracle 8.1.7.4). Is this like a DLL in that it is shared code? What
> exactlty does it do or allow me to do? Is the library tied to the
> version of Oracle?
>
> Thanks!
> Vince

It's a shared library, an idea that was first implemented in VAX/VMS and later stolen by M$ and borrowed by Unix (I admit being biased) If you want to know what's in it, try with nm and odump commands.

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Mladen Gogala
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Linus Torvalds

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