.Dd Sept 25, 2004 .Dt DLCLOSE 3 .Sh NAME .Nm dlclose .Nd close a dynamic library or bundle .Sh SYNOPSIS .In dlfcn.h .Ft int .Fn dlclose "void* handle" .Sh DESCRIPTION .Fn dlclose releases a reference to the dynamic library or bundle referenced by .Fa handle . If the reference count drops to 0, the bundle is removed from the address space, and .Fa handle is rendered invalid. Just before removing a dynamic library or bundle in this way, any termination routines in it are called. .Fa handle is the value returned by a previous call to dlopen. .Sh RETURN VALUES If .Fn dlclose is successful, it returns a value of 0. Otherwise it returns -1, and sets an error string that can be retrived with .Fn dlerror . .Pp .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr dlopen 3 .Xr dlsym 3 .Xr dlerror 3 .Xr dyld 3 .Xr NSModule 3 .Xr NSObjectFileImage 3 .Xr ld 1 .Xr cc 1