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Joseph Turian
Asked: 2010-06-23 16:07:58 +0800 CST

How do I figure out what dynamic libraries are loaded by a Unix process?

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I want to run a Unix program which runs for a few seconds, without sacrificing speed of execution. After it is done, I would like to know what dynamic (shared) libraries it used.

What is the appropriate command?

The main problem is that I have a handful of BLAS implementations, and I want to figure out exactly which one is being used by each of a handful of different programs.

dynamic library share process

3 Answers

  1. Using ldd you can see the dynamic libraries that are linked to a specific binary file.

    Like so:

    $ ldd /usr/bin/wget
    linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fffa5dff000)
    libssl.so.0.9.8 => /lib/libssl.so.0.9.8 (0x00007f4d3280e000)
    libcrypto.so.0.9.8 => /lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 (0x00007f4d3247e000)
    libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f4d32279000)
    librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0x00007f4d32071000)
    libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f4d31cef000)
    libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0x00007f4d31ad7000)
    /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f4d32a73000)
    libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f4d318ba000)
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  2. Best Answer

    Lastly, you could use strace. strace <program_to_execute will give you a ton of info, including calls to libraries. It's not nearly as clean as the other answers, but it's another way of doing things. (and useful in its own right)


    --Christopher Karel

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  3. In addition to ldd, cat /proc/$pid/maps will show you which libraries have been mapped into memory, including dynamic ones loaded after program start (and deleted items too)

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