How would one go about loading compiled C code at run time, and then calling functions within it? Not like simply calling exec().
EDIT: The the program loading the module is in C.
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How would one go about loading compiled C code at run time, and then calling functions within it? Not like simply calling exec().
EDIT: The the program loading the module is in C.
In Linux/UNIX you can use the POSIX
dlopen/dlsym/dlerror/dlclosefunctions to dynamically open shared libraries and access the symbols (including functions) they provide, see the man page for details.