71 lines
2.1 KiB
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71 lines
2.1 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 2006,2008 Joseph Koshy. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" This software is provided by Joseph Koshy ``as is'' and
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.\" any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the
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.\" implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose
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.\" are disclaimed. in no event shall Joseph Koshy be liable
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.\" for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential
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.\" damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods
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.\" or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption)
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.\" however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict
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.\" liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way
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.\" out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of
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.\" such damage.
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.\"
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.Dd June 1, 2006
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.Os
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.Dt ELF_KIND 3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm elf_kind
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.Nd determine ELF file type
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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 Elf_Kind
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.Fn elf_kind "Elf *elf"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn elf_kind
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function identifies the kind of file associated with its argument
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.Ar elf .
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The argument
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.Ar elf
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is allowed to be NULL.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn elf_kind
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function returns one of the following values:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Dv ELF_K_AR
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The file associated with argument
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.Ar elf
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is an archive.
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.It Dv ELF_K_ELF
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The file associated with argument
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.Ar elf
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is an ELF file.
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.It Dv ELF_K_NONE
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The argument
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.Ar elf
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was NULL, or the ELF library could not determine the type of the file
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associated with argument
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.Ar elf ,
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or an error occurred when processing.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr elf 3 ,
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.Xr elf_begin 3 ,
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.Xr elf_getident 3 ,
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.Xr gelf 3
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