doc/man/man3/dlopen_preflight.3

   1 .Dd April 17, 2006
   2 .Os
   3 .Dt DLOPEN_PREFLIGHT 3
   4 .Sh NAME
   5 .Nm dlopen_preflight
   6 .Nd preflight the load of a dynamic library or bundle
   7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
   8 .In dlfcn.h
   9 .Ft bool
  10 .Fn dlopen_preflight "const char* path"
  11 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  12 .Fn dlopen_preflight
  13 examines the mach-o file specified by
  14 .Fa path .
  15 It checks if the file and libraries it depends on are all compatible with the current process.
  16 That is, they contain the correct architecture and are not otherwise ABI incompatible.
  17 .Pp
  18 .Fn dlopen_preflight
  19 was first available in Mac OS X 10.5.
  20 .Sh SEARCHING
  21 .Fn dlopen_preflight
  22 uses the same steps as
  23 .Fn dlopen
  24 to find a compatible mach-o file.
  25 .Sh RETURN VALUES
  26 .Fn dlopen_preflight
  27 returns true on if the mach-o file is compatible.  If the file is not compatible, it returns false
  28 and sets an error string that can be examined with
  29 .Fn dlerror .
  30 .Pp
  31 .Sh SEE ALSO
  32 .Xr dlopen 3
  33 .Xr dlerror 3