Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (August 2002)

Chapter 9
HP WebWise MPE/iX Secure Web Server
Linking Libraries into a DSO
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Linking Libraries into a DSO
When a DSO requires external library functions, as does mod_hw, these can be resolved using either archive
libraries or shared libraries. With archive libraries, external calls are resolved at link time and the functions
are incorporated into your DSO. With shared libraries, external calls are resolved at run time. At run time,
the loader searches the shared libraries for these external functions.
This section discusses the linking of a module. Linking is independent of the method used to create and
compile the module code.