elf_getident —
return the initial bytes of a file
ELF Access Library (libelf, -lelf)
#include
<libelf.h>
char *
elf_getident(
Elf
*elf,
size_t
*sz);
Function
elf_getident() returns a pointer to the
initial bytes of the file for descriptor
elf.
If argument
sz is non-null, the size of the
identification area returned is written to the location pointed to by
sz. This location is set to zero on errors.
Function
elf_getident() will return a non-NULL
pointer to the initial bytes of the file if successful, or NULL if an error
condition is detected.
Function
elf_getident() can fail with the following
errors:
-
-
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT]
- A NULL value was passed in for argument
elf.
-
-
- [
ELF_E_SEQUENCE]
- ELF descriptor elf was
opened for writing and function
elf_getident() was called before a call to
elf_update(3).
elf(3),
elf32_getehdr(3),
elf64_getehdr(3),
elf_getarhdr(3),
elf_getbase(3),
elf_getflags(3),
elf_kind(3),
elf_rawfile(3),
elf_update(3),
gelf(3),
gelf_getclass(3),
gelf_getehdr(3)