Shared (Dynamic) Libraries?

Linux Gurus,

1) Does Linux support shared (sometimes called dynamic) libraries?

2) Is there a way to load such a library on demand?

3) Can such a library automatically call a custom initialization
function?

(I know in Windows, the answer to all three of the above questions is
'YES').

Mike

Mike Legako wrote:
> 1) Does Linux support shared (sometimes called dynamic) libraries?
Yes.
> 2) Is there a way to load such a library on demand?
Yes.
> 3) Can such a library automatically call a custom initialization
> function?
Yes.

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Markku Kolkka
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