Hi, Siggi Langauf wrote: > dlopen()ing would map the libs a second time You can use dlsym() to find out whether you need to dlopen() something in the first place. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | smurf@smurf.noris.de Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - "One lawyer can steal more than a hundred men with guns." -- The Godfather