NAME

ld.so — run-time link-editor

DESCRIPTION

ld.so is a self-contained, position independent program image providing run-time support for loading and link-editing shared objects into a process' address space.

For the particular details, refer to ld.aout_so(1) or ld.elf_so(1), depending on the system's object file format.

SEE ALSO

ld(1), ld.aout_so(1), ld.elf_so(1), a.out(5), elf(5), link(5), ldconfig(8)

John R. Levine, Linkers and Loaders, Morgan Kaufmann, 1999.