Manual page for elf_kind(3E)
elf_kind - determine file type
SYNOPSIS
cc
[ flag ... ] file ...
-lelf
[ library ... ]
#include <libelf.h>
Elf_Kind elf_kind(Elf *elf);
MT-LEVEL
Unsafe
DESCRIPTION
This function returns a value identifying the kind of
file associated with an
ELF
descriptor
(elf).
Defined values are below:
- ELF_K_AR
-
The file is an archive [see
ar.4
An
ELF
descriptor may also be associated with an archive
member,
not the archive itself, and then
elf_kind()
identifies the member's type.
- ELF_K_COFF
-
The file is a
COFF
object file.
elf_begin.3e
describes the library's handling for
COFF
files.
- ELF_K_ELF
-
The file is an
ELF
file.
The program may use
elf_getident()
to determine the class.
Other functions, such as
elf32_getehdr(),
are available to retrieve other file information.
- ELF_K_NONE
-
This indicates a kind of file unknown to the library.
Other values are reserved, to be assigned as needed
to new kinds of files.
elf
should be a value previously returned by
elf_begin().
A null pointer is allowed, to simplify error handling,
and causes
elf_kind()
to return
ELF_K_NONE.
SEE ALSO
elf.3e
elf32_getehdr.3e
elf_begin.3e
elf_getident.3e
ar.4
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
© by Hans-Peter Bischof. All Rights Reserved (1997).
Last modified 21/April/97
