NAME
elf_getshstrndx,
elf_setshstrndx —
retrieve/update the index of the section name string
table
LIBRARY
ELF Access Library (libelf, -lelf)
SYNOPSIS
#include <libelf.h>
int
elf_getshstrndx(
Elf
*elf,
size_t
*ndxptr);
int
elf_setshstrndx(
Elf
*elf,
size_t ndx);
DESCRIPTION
Function
elf_getshstrndx() 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. Function
elf_getshstrndx() is deprecated. Please use
elf_getshdrstrndx(3)
instead.
Function
elf_setshstrndx() sets the index of the section name
string table to argument
ndx.
These routines allow applications to process both normal ELF objects and ELF
objects that use extended section numbering uniformly.
RETURN VALUES
These functions return a non-zero value if successful, or zero 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)