Linux equivalent of DllMain

Question

In *nix .so libraries, is there an entry point that\'s invoked by the system when the library is loaded and unloaded?

On a more practical note: if the .so was writte

Answer 1

The technique used is a little different, but the construction/destruction of global objects is more or less built into the dynamic loader. (Even under Windows, there's no need to go through DllMain. The global objects will be constructed/destructed correctly anyway.)