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authorhobbs <hobbs>1999-12-04 06:15:26 (GMT)
committerhobbs <hobbs>1999-12-04 06:15:26 (GMT)
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* doc/load.n: added note about NT's buggy handling of './' with
LoadLibrary
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: load.n,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:53 stanton Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: load.n,v 1.3 1999/12/04 06:15:26 hobbs Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH load n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ If the same file is \fBload\fRed by different \fIfileName\fRs, it will
be loaded into the process's address space multiple times. The
behavior of this varies from system to system (some systems may
detect the redundant loads, others may not).
+.PP
+When loading a DLL in the current directory, NT will ignore ``./'' as
+a path specifier and use a search heuristic to find the DLL instead.
+To avoid this, load the DLL with
+.CS
+ load [file join [pwd] mylib.DLL]
+.CE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBinfo sharedlibextension\fR, Tcl_StaticPackage, safe(n)