[Mapserver-dev] Advice requested

[Frank Warmerdam]

Ned Harding wrote:
> Frank,
> 
> I like that idea...  Unfortunately, I not too familiar with Linux and the
> .so API's.  If I were to implement it with the Win32 side of things
> (LoadLibrary,GetProcAddress...) as well as all the shared code, could you
> help me implement the Linux equivalents and test on Linux?  Specifically,
> the second option (CONNECTIONTYPE of CUSTOM with a PROCESSING "LIB=...")
> looks like it will involve the least changes to the parser so that would be
> my vote.

Ned,

Yes, I would be happy to fix it up for Linux and test it there.  Note the
CPLGetSymbol() function in gdal/port/cplgetsymbol.cpp demonstrates how
DLL and shared library loading can be implemented.

Best regards,
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