Is there a .def file equivalent on Linux for controlling exported function names in a shared library?

Question

I am building a shared library on Ubuntu 9.10. I want to export only a subset of my functions from the library. On the Windows platform, this would be done using a module defini

Answer 1

How can I restrict the exported functions of a shared library to those I want (i.e. a .def file equivalent)

Perhaps you're looking for GNU Export Maps or Symbol Versioning

g++ -shared spaceship.cpp -o libspaceship.so.1 -Wl,-soname=libspaceship.so.1 -Wl, --version-script=spaceship.expmap