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.Dd July 3, 2006
.Os
.Dt GELF_GETCLASS 3
.Sh NAME
.Nm gelf_getclass
.Nd retrieve the class of an ELF descriptor
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libelf
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In gelf.h
.Ft int
.Fn gelf_getclass "Elf *elf"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Function
.Fn gelf_getclass
returns the ELF class of the descriptor supplied in argument
.Ar elf .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Function
.Fn gelf_getclass
will return one of
.Dv ELFCLASS32
or
.Dv ELFCLASS64
if the argument
.Ar elf
is a descriptor for an ELF file.
The value
.Dv ELFCLASSNONE
is returned if argument
.Ar elf
was null, or if it was not a descriptor for an ELF file.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr elf 3 ,
.Xr elf_kind 3 ,
.Xr gelf 3