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2.6 KiB
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80 lines
2.6 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 2006,2008 Joseph Koshy. All rights reserved.
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.\" such damage.
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.\" $Id: elf_getshdrstrndx.3 467 2009-08-05 18:18:49Z jkoshy $
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.\"
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.Dd August 5, 2009
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.Os
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.Dt ELF_GETSHDRSTRNDX 3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm elf_getshdrstrndx
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.Nd retrieve the index of the section name string table
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libelf
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In libelf.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn elf_getshdrstrndx "Elf *elf" "size_t *ndxptr"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Function
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.Fn elf_getshdrstrndx
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retrieves the section index of the string table containing section
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names from descriptor
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.Ar elf
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and stores it into the location pointed to by argument
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.Ar ndxptr .
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.Pp
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This function allow applications to process both normal ELF
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objects and ELF objects that use extended section numbering uniformly.
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.Pp
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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These functions return zero if successful, or -1 in case of an error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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These functions can fail with the following errors:
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.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
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A NULL value was passed in for argument
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.Ar elf .
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
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Argument
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.Ar elf
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was not for an ELF file.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
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Argument
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.Ar elf
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lacks an ELF Executable header.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
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Argument
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.Ar ndx
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contained a value in the reserved range of section indices.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr elf 3 ,
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.Xr elf32_getehdr 3 ,
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.Xr elf64_getehdr 3 ,
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.Xr elf_getident 3 ,
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.Xr elf_getphdrnum 3 ,
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.Xr elf_getshdrnum 3 ,
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.Xr gelf 3 ,
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.Xr gelf_getehdr 3
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