How to create a dynamic lib with c on HP/unix

Thanks . but I want  a HP/Unix version

If you don't have the GNU stuff available, basically all you have to do is:

$ cc -Aa -c +z length.c volume.c mass.c
$ ld -b -o libunits.sl length.o volume.o mass.o

the two commands above compile the translation units lenght.c, volume.c
and mass.c. All three .o files are combined into a shared library libunits.sl

I stole this example from:

http://wsspinfo.cern.ch/file/man.html

One of the links of from this page leads to HP/UX specific stuff ...

kind regards,

Jos aka jos@and.nl

ps. I sincerely _hate_ all those different linker options ...

Thanks very much!

Thanks very much!
Have you any sample of shl_load(3X) and the relative functions on HP/Unix?
Please help!

Ok, here goes:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <dl.h>

/* a function pointer type: taking one double arg, returning a double:  */
typedef double (*funcp_t)(double);

int main() {

shl_t   handle;      /* handle to the shared archive */
funcp_t cosine;    /* pointer to a function */

/* try to open the math archive */
handle= shl_load("/usr/lib/libm", BIND_IMMEDIATE);

if (!handle) {
        perror("can't find lib");
        exit(1);
}

/* try to find the 'cos' symbol */
if (shl_findsym(handle, "cos", TYPE_PROCEDURE, &cosine) != 0) {
        perror("can't find symbol");
        exit(1);
}

/* do something with the 'cos' symbol: */
printf("cosine(1.0)= %f\n", cosine(1.0));

/* and detach the archive again */
shl_unload(handle);

return 0;

}

This is from the top of my head, (and totally untested), by I think you get the
picture ...

kind regards,

Jos aka jos@and.nl

Thanks very much! I'll test it.