78 lines
2.6 KiB
Groff
78 lines
2.6 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)nlist.3 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd April 19, 1994
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.Dt NLIST 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm nlist
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.Nd retrieve symbol table name list from an executable file
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In nlist.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn nlist "const char *filename" "struct nlist *nl"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn nlist
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function
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retrieves name list entries from the symbol table of an
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executable file (see
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.Xr a.out 5 ) .
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The argument
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.Fa \&nl
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is set to reference the
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beginning of the list.
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The list is preened of binary and invalid data;
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if an entry in the
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name list is valid, the
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.Fa n_type
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and
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.Fa n_value
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for the entry are copied into the list
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referenced by
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.Fa \&nl .
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No other data is copied.
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The last entry in the list is always
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.Dv NULL .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The number of invalid entries is returned if successful; otherwise,
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if the file
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.Fa filename
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does not exist or is not executable, the returned value is \-1.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr a.out 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Fn nlist
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function appeared in
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.At v6 .
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