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6.9 KiB
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233 lines
6.9 KiB
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.\" @(#) dlopen.3 1.6 90/01/31 SMI
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd September 24, 1989
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.Os FreeBSD
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.Dt DLOPEN 3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm dlopen, dlsym, dlerror, dlclose
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.Nd programmatic interface to the dynamic linker
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <dlfcn.h>
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.Ft void *
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.Fn dlopen "const char *path" "int mode"
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.Ft void *
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.Fn dlsym "void *handle" "const char *symbol"
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.Ft const char *
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.Fn dlerror "void"
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.Ft int
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.Fn dlclose "void *handle"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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These functions provide a simple programmatic interface to the services of the
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dynamic linker.
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Operations are provided to add new shared objects to a
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program's address space, to obtain the address bindings of symbols
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defined by such
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objects, and to remove such objects when their use is no longer required.
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.Pp
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.Fn dlopen
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provides access to the shared object in
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.Fa path ,
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returning a descriptor that can be used for later
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references to the object in calls to
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.Fn dlsym
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and
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.Fn dlclose .
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If
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.Fa path
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was not in the address space prior to the call to
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.Fn dlopen ,
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it is placed in the address space.
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When an object is first loaded into the address space in this way, its
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function
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.Fn _init ,
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if any, is called by the dynamic linker.
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If
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.Fa path
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has already been placed in the address space in a previous call to
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.Fn dlopen ,
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it is not added a second time, although a reference count of
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.Fn dlopen
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operations on
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.Fa path
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is maintained.
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A null pointer supplied for
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.Fa path
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is interpreted as a reference to the main
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executable of the process.
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.Fa mode
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controls the way in which external function references from the
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loaded object are bound to their referents.
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It must contain one of the following values:
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.Bl -tag -width RTLD_LAZYX
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.It Dv RTLD_LAZY
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Each external function reference is resolved when the function is first
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called.
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.It Dv RTLD_NOW
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All external function references are bound immediately by
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.Fn dlopen .
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.El
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.Pp
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.Dv RTLD_LAZY
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is normally preferred, for reasons of efficiency.
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However,
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.Dv RTLD_NOW
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is useful to ensure that any undefined symbols are discovered during the
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call to
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.Fn dlopen .
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If
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.Fn dlopen
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fails, it returns a null pointer, and sets an error condition which may
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be interrogated with
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.Fn dlerror .
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.Pp
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.Fn dlsym
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returns the address binding of the symbol described in the null-terminated
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character string
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.Fa symbol ,
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as it occurs in the shared object identified by
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.Fa handle .
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The symbols exported by objects added to the address space by
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.Fn dlopen
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can be accessed only through calls to
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.Fn dlsym .
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Such symbols do not supersede any definition of those symbols already present
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in the address space when the object is loaded, nor are they available to
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satisfy normal dynamic linking references.
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A null pointer supplied as the value of
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.Fa handle
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is interpreted as a reference to the executable from which the call to
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.Fn dlsym
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is being made. Thus a shared object can reference its own symbols.
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.Fn dlsym
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returns a null pointer if the symbol cannot be found, and sets an error
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condition which may be queried with
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.Fn dlerror .
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.Pp
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If
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.Fn dlsym
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is called with the special
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.Fa handle
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.Dv RTLD_NEXT ,
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then the search for the symbol is limited to the shared objects
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which were loaded after the one issuing the call to
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.Fn dlsym .
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Thus, if the function is called from the main program, all
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the shared libraries are searched.
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If it is called from a shared library, all subsequent shared
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libraries are searched.
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.Dv RTLD_NEXT
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is useful for implementing wrappers around library functions.
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For example, a wrapper function
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.Fn getpid
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could access the
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.Dq real
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.Fn getpid
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with
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.Li dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, \&"getpid\&") .
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.Pp
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.Fn dlerror
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returns a null-terminated character string describing the last error that
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occurred during a call to
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.Fn dlopen ,
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.Fn dlsym ,
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or
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.Fn dlclose .
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If no such error has occurred,
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.Fn dlerror
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returns a null pointer.
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At each call to
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.Fn dlerror ,
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the error indication is reset. Thus in the case of two calls
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to
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.Fn dlerror ,
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where the second call follows the first immediately, the second call
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will always return a null pointer.
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.Pp
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.Fn dlclose
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deletes a reference to the shared object referenced by
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.Fa handle .
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If the reference count drops to 0, the object is removed from the
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address space, and
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.Fa handle
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is rendered invalid.
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Just before removing a shared object in this way, the dynamic linker
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calls the object's
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.Fn _fini
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function, if such a function is defined by the object.
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If
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.Fn dlclose
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is successful, it returns a value of 0.
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Otherwise it returns -1, and sets an error condition that can be
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interrogated with
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.Fn dlerror .
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.Pp
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The object-intrinsic functions
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.Fn _init
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and
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.Fn _fini
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are called with no arguments, and are not expected to return values.
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.Sh NOTES
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ELF executables need to be linked
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using the
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.Fl export-dynamic
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option to
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.Xr ld 1
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for symbols defined in the executable to become visible to
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.Fn dlsym .
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.Pp
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In previous implementations, it was necessary to prepend an underscore
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to all external symbols in order to gain symbol
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compatibility with object code compiled from the C language. This is
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still the case when using the (obsolete)
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.Fl aout
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option to the C language compiler.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn dlopen
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and
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.Fn dlsym
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return the null pointer in the event of errors.
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.Fn dlclose
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returns 0 on success, or -1 if an error occurred.
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Whenever an error has been detected, a message detailing it can be
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retrieved via a call to
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.Fn dlerror .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ld 1 ,
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.Xr rtld 1 ,
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.Xr link 5
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