ld.so.1 — Runtime Linker for Dynamic Objects

Synopsis

/usr/lib/ld.so.1 
/etc/lib/ld.so.1 

Description

Dynamic applications consist of one or more dynamic objects, typically a dynamic executable and its shared object dependencies. As part of the initialization and execution of a dynamic application, an interpreter is called to complete the binding of the application to its shared object dependencies. In Solaris, this interpreter is referred to as the runtime linker.

During the link editing of a dynamic executable, a special .interp section is created along with an associated program header. This section contains a path name specifying the program's interpreter. You can specify the path name to the interpreter when the executable is being constructed ...

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