erl_ddll

erl_ddll

Module

erl_ddll

Module summary

Dynamic driver loader and linker.

Description

This module provides an interface for loading and unloading Erlang linked-in drivers in runtime.

Note

This is a large reference document. For casual use of this module, and for most real world applications, the descriptions of functions load/2 and unload/1 are enough to getting started.

The driver is to be provided as a dynamically linked library in an object code format specific for the platform in use, that is, .so files on most Unix systems and .ddl files on Windows. An Erlang linked-in driver must provide specific i