 <b>pcre2_regcomp()</b> etc. This
means that a program can use the usual POSIX names without running the risk of
accidentally linking with POSIX functions from a different library.
</p>
<p>
On Unix-like systems the PCRE2 POSIX library is called <b>libpcre2-posix</b>, so
can be accessed by adding <b>-lpcre2-posix</b> to the command for linking an
application. Because the POSIX functions call the native ones, it is also
necessary to add <b>-lpcre2-8</b>.
</p>
<p>
On Windows systems, if you are linking to a DL