Does dlopen consume a fd?

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From: Robert Withrow
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:38

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The documentation is mute on this point.  If one dlopens 30 shared
objects (with no dlcloses), has one consumed 30 fds?

If so, how does one merge a shared object without consuming fds?  The
doco implys that dlclose will unmap the shared object...

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