static void *tryLoadModule(char *in, char *name)
{
  char path[PATH_MAX], *out= path;
  void *handle= 0;
  int c;
  while ((c= *in++) && ':' != c) {	/* copy next plugin path to path[] */
    switch (c) {
    case '%':
      if ('n' == *in || 'N' == *in) {	/* replace %n with name of plugin */
	++in;
	strcpy(out, name);
	out += strlen(name);
	continue;
      }
      if ('%' == *in) {
	++in;
	*out++= '%';
	continue;
      }
      /* fall through... */
    default:
      *out++= c;
      continue;
    }
  }
  sprintf(out, "/" MODULE_PREFIX "%s" MODULE_SUFFIX, name);
  handle= dlopen(path, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
  fdebugf((stderr, "tryLoading(%s) = %p\n", path, handle));

	// wks - put this information where we can see it.
	fprintf(stdout, "tryLoading(%s) = %p\n", path, handle);

  if (!handle) {
    struct stat buf;
    if ((0 == stat(path, &buf)) && ! S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode))
      fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", dlerror());
  }
  return handle;
}