]> Further investigations ... I'm calling caml_startup which appears to call this function: CAMLexport void caml_startup_code(code_t code, asize_t code_size, char *data, char **argv) { // ... sys_init("", argv); // ... } The first argument to sys_init causes Sys.executable_name to be set to "", which means that Dynlink.init fails here: (* Initialize the linker for toplevel use *) let init_toplevel () = (* Read back the known global symbols and the known primitives from the executable file *) let ic = open_in_bin Sys.executable_name in <-- failure happens here This looks like a bug in the case where we need to use Dynlink from a shared library (.so file). Note that the code expects to find a bytecode executable, not a native binary or .so file, but of course I'm trying to run all of this from a shared library embedded in a C program. There's simply no bytecode executable around to look at. What should I do? Rich. -- Richard Jones. http://www.annexia.org/ http://freshmeat.net/users/rwmj Merjis Ltd. http://www.merjis.com/ - all your business data are belong to you. MAKE+ is a sane replacement for GNU autoconf/automake. One script compiles, RPMs, pkgs etc. Linux, BSD, Solaris. http://www.annexia.org/freeware/makeplus/ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners