reload dynamic libraries in linux(dso)

[kare]

Hi,

Is there any way to reload dso path.

I am testing with houdini hdk examples for every time I do a change, I have to open new houdini to check the changes..

Thanks,

Kare

[goldleaf]

Sort of, but it's pretty easy to nuke your Houdini session, so be forewarned.

You'll have to rename your *.so/*.dll (and quite possibly the operator name itself), but the following is some Python code that does this (run in the Python Shell, or make a shelf button for it):

hou.nodeTypeCategories()['Sop'].loadDSO('/path/to/dso/foo.so')

Where 'Sop' would be the operator type. Note that hou.nodeTypeCategories() is a dictionary, so hou.nodeTypeCategories().keys() will show you what it's looking for.

Again, this is potentially quite dangerous (and I've only played around with it for a few minutes with a SOP), but it did seem to work, keeping the above caveats in mind. And it could be useful, when doing lots of little changes that require re-compilation.

Edited August 8, 2012 by goldleaf

[cyybermax]

ouuu mannn, At times when I created my HDK plugins, I restarted Houdini every time

But Indeed, SESI needs to create some plugins manager, where User just can click on "reload" for some plugin.

Edited August 8, 2012 by cyybermax

[Stalkerx777]

ouuu mannn, At times when I created my HDK plugins, I restarted Houdini every time

But Indeed, SESI needs to create some plugins manager, where User just can click on "reload" for some plugin.

Maya style ? No thx, i don't want this in houdini....

[Alanw]

Anything would be better than nothing.

[kare]

Sort of, but it's pretty easy to nuke your Houdini session, so be forewarned.

You'll have to rename your *.so/*.dll (and quite possibly the operator name itself), but the following is some Python code that does this (run in the Python Shell, or make a shelf button for it):

hou.nodeTypeCategories()['Sop'].loadDSO('/path/to/dso/foo.so')

Where 'Sop' would be the operator type. Note that hou.nodeTypeCategories() is a dictionary, so hou.nodeTypeCategories().keys() will show you what it's looking for.

Again, this is potentially quite dangerous (and I've only played around with it for a few minutes with a SOP), but it did seem to work, keeping the above caveats in mind. And it could be useful, when doing lots of little changes that require re-compilation.

Thanks goldleaf, It is loading the new DSO, but what I want is to reload the existing dso...

Is there any other solution for this?

right now I am renaming my C file and compiling it...

[kubabuk]

Is there any other solution for this?

I'm afraid not, unfortunately.