Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 19:54:27 -0700 From: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> To: Freebsd hackers list <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Question: Is there a way to get the list of all dynamic libraries needed by a given elf through API? Message-ID: <dfac779f-fa4f-a292-1a76-a9e7db5e024a@rawbw.com>
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I want to get the same information that 'ldd <elf-file>' returns, but from a C/C++ program without launching external processes. It is possible to find the list of elf's shared library dependencies using libelf. But I couldn't find how to map library names to full library paths. ldd(1) sets a certain environment variable, forks and calls execl(3), and the "ld.so magic" does the rest. Obviously, if one needs to do the same from their own C program, forking is a much less attractive option compared to the API way. Is there an API to find such mappings? If no, why doesn't it exist? Thank you, Yurihome | help
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