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authorjkoshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org>2006-11-11 17:16:35 +0000
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MFP4: Add an implementation of the ELF(3) and GELF(3) API set.
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+.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Joseph Koshy. All rights reserved.
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+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd August 15, 2006
+.Os
+.Dt ELF 3
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm elf_getarhdr
+.Nd retrieve ar(1) header for an archive member
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libelf
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In libelf.h
+.Ft "Elf_Arhdr *"
+.Fn elf_getarhdr "Elf *elf"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn elf_getarhdr
+function returns a pointer to an archive member header for
+a descriptor
+.Ar elf .
+This descriptor must have been returned by a prior call to
+.Xr elf_begin 3 ,
+and must be a descriptor for a member inside an
+.Xr ar 1
+archive.
+.Pp
+Structure
+.Vt Elf_Arhdr
+includes the following members:
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Vt "char *" Va ar_name
+A pointer to a null terminated string with the archive
+member's name inside the archive.
+.It Vt "char *" Va ar_rawname
+A pointer to a null terminated string that representing the
+name in the archive symbol table, including the formatting characters
+used by
+.Xr ar 1 .
+.It Vt time_t Va ar_date
+The timestamp associated with the member.
+.It Vt uid_t Va ar_uid
+The uid of the creator of the member.
+.It Vt gid_t Va ar_gid
+The gid of the creator of the member.
+.It Vt mode_t Va ar_mode
+The file mode of the member.
+.It Vt size_t Va ar_size
+The size of the member in bytes.
+.El
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+This function returns a valid pointer to an
+.Vt Elf_Arhdr
+structure if successful, or NULL if an error is encountered.
+.Sh ERRORS
+Function
+.Fn elf_getarhdr
+may fail with the following errors:
+.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
+.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
+Argument
+.Ar elf
+was NULL.
+.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
+Argument
+.Ar elf
+was not a descriptor for a member of an
+.Xr ar 1
+archive.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr elf 3 ,
+.Xr elf_begin 3 ,
+.Xr elf_getarsym 3 ,
+.Xr elf_memory 3 \ No newline at end of file
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