On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 00:37:04 +1000, David Timms wrote: > Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: >> When I use a shared library, is it all in memory, >> or is only the object code currently in use in >> memory? I ask because I have some object code >> that will be used only rarely. > Are you asking whether if you have a 1 MB .so library loaded whether > just the functions you are calling get loaded into memory or the whole > .so file ? > {I don't know the answer!} > DaveT. Yes. Additionally, when the exe using the function exits and no other exe is using it, is the memory freed? Mike.