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:mod:`macholib.dylib` --- Generic dylib path manipulation
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.. module:: macholib.dylib
:synopsis: Generic dylib path manipulation
This module defines a function :func:`dylib_info` that can extract
useful information from the name of a dynamic library.
.. function:: dylib_info(filename)
A dylib name can take one of the following four forms:
* ``Location/Name.SomeVersion_Suffix.dylib``
* ``Location/Name.SomeVersion.dylib``
* ``Location/Name_Suffix.dylib``
* ``Location/Name.dylib``
Returns None if not found or a mapping equivalent to::
dict(
location='Location',
name='Name.SomeVersion_Suffix.dylib',
shortname='Name',
version='SomeVersion',
suffix='Suffix',
)
.. note:: *SomeVersion* and *Suffix* are optional and my be ``None``
if not present.