Summary

In this chapter, you learned about the differences between static and shared libraries, how to create and maintain them, and how shared libraries can be loaded and called dynamically. The dynamic library support for HPUX 10.2 was also discussed to expand your knowledge for porting purposes.

The next chapter will discuss the NDBM database routines, which are available on most UNIX systems today. These routines allow you to manage large collections of application data within a compact and efficient database.