NAME
elf_getshdrstrndx —
retrieve the index
of the section name string table
LIBRARY
ELF Access Library (libelf, -lelf)
SYNOPSIS
#include <libelf.h>
int
elf_getshdrstrndx(
Elf
*elf,
size_t
*ndxptr);
DESCRIPTION
Function
elf_getshdrstrndx() retrieves the section index of
the string table containing section names from descriptor
elf and stores it into the location pointed to by
argument
ndxptr.
This function allow applications to process both normal ELF objects and ELF
objects that use extended section numbering uniformly.
RETURN VALUES
These functions return zero if successful, or -1 in case of an error.
ERRORS
These functions can fail with the following errors:
-
-
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT
]
- A NULL value was passed in for argument
elf.
-
-
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT
]
- Argument elf was not for an ELF
file.
-
-
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT
]
- Argument elf lacks an ELF Executable
header.
-
-
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT
]
- Argument ndx contained a value in the
reserved range of section indices.
SEE ALSO
elf(3),
elf32_getehdr(3),
elf64_getehdr(3),
elf_getident(3),
elf_getphdrnum(3),
elf_getshdrnum(3),
gelf(3),
gelf_getehdr(3)