ELF_GETSHDRSTRNDX(3)   FreeBSD Library Functions Manual   ELF_GETSHDRSTRNDX(3)

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)

FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6         August 5, 2009         FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6