Re: Does dlopen consume a fd?

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From: Robert Withrow
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 19:29

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Thanks all for the info.  A person at sun also confirmed that dlopen *doesn't*
consume a fd:

> No, it doesn't.  This is possible because mmap'ed files stay mapped, even
> after the fd you used to open the file with originally is closed.

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 Robert Withrow, Tel: +1 617 598 4480, Fax: +1 617 598 4430, Net: witr@rwwa.COM
 R.W. Withrow Associates, 21 Railroad Ave, Swampscott MA 01907-1821 USA

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