This is a large reference document. For casual use of the module, as well as for most real world applications, the descriptions of the functions load/2
and unload/1
are enough to get going.
erl_ddll
erl_ddll
Module
erl_ddll
Module summary
Dynamic Driver Loader and Linker
Description
The erl_ddll
module provides an interface for loading and unloading erlang linked in drivers in runtime.
Note
The driver should be provided as a dynamically linked library in a object code format specific for the platform in use, i. e. .so
files on most Unix systems and .ddl
files on windows. An erlang linked in driver has to provide specific interfaces to th